In 2017, Ukraine earned $ 3 billion on the transit of Russian gas - a figure announced by the head of Naftogaz, Andrei Kobolev, speaking in the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex.

The government's decision to transfer the assets related to transit security from Ukrtransgaz to a specially created company "Trunk gas pipelines of Ukraine", he called illegal and harmful for the country. "We need to understand what will happen to the transit contract. To transfer any assets without transferring the transit contract and risk losing revenue of $ 3 billion a year, I would not advise anyone, "explained Kobolev.