The Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine upheld the decision of a lower court that ordered the GFS take 2.061 billion cubic meters of natural gas production in 2006 as a tax lien on the PJSC "Ukrnafta", according to a court decision dated January 30.

The judgment states that the mentioned 2.061 billion cubic meters of gas are estimated at UAH 13.607 billion.

Thus, 1 thousand cubic meters of gas is estimated at 6800 hryvnia, which is comparable with the cost of gas imported by Ukraine from Europe.

"This decision allows you to" Ukrnafta "to pay off the tax debt to the State Fiscal Service by said gas", - said the source in the Ministry of Energy.

Gas, referred to in the judgment, was produced "Ukrnafta" in 2006, then he was sent to meet the needs of the population, and the calculation of its earner is not produced because of its refusal to accept card payments for the approved tariff.

In April 2016 NABU beginning of the pre-trial investigation on the fact of "Ukrnafta" to transfer produced its rejection of the 2014 natural gas "Naftogaz Ukraine" for its further use for the needs of the population, as it was provided by the current at the time the law "On the basis of market functioning natural gas ".