This was stated by the head of the board of Naftogaz Andrey Kobolev.

As noted, Naftogaz and Gazprom hope to implement during February the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration in the part of the gas purchase and sale contract.

According to Kobolev, the company has a document that is close to that which will be signed. Therefore, there is a hope in March to implement a decision in the part of the contract of sale.

"We hope that this will give us an opportunity to start gas purchases from Gazprom in March this year," said the head of the board of Naftogaz.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", last year Ukrainian producers imported 14.1 billion cubic meters. m of blue fuel, which is 27% more than in 2016.