The debt of Gazprom to Naftogaz of Ukraine is increasing by 500 thousand. dollars a day. This was announced by the Minister of Justice of the Independent Pavel Petrenko on Thursday, March 29. According to his assurances, the money will soon go to the treasury of the country. "To date, the penalty is charged from Gazprom, the penalty is almost half a million dollars every day," Petrenko quotes "112. ua ". The official stressed that the Russian company has no chance to avoid paying a debt. Now the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is preparing to forcibly collect funds from Gazprom on the basis of the New York Convention - this document, according to Petrenko, allows you to seize the assets of the debtor in different countries. "The ostrich hides its head in the sand, but the other part of the body remains at the top. This "other part of the body" is those assets, the property that is located with Gazprom around the world, "Petrenko. He recalled that according to the decision of the Ukrainian court, more than 100 million hryvnias (3.7 million dollars) have already been collected from Gazprom in favor of the budget of the Nezalezhnaya,.

Thus, it is believed in Ukraine, the refusal of Gazprom to immediately give the amount that Kiev expects from it is only for the benefit of Nezalezhnaya. In February 2018. Stockholm arbitration ordered the Russian company to pay Naftogaz a penalty for reducing gas transit. Taking into account the mutual demands of Gazprom, Ukraine owed $ 2.56 billion to Ukraine. In Moscow, they announced their intention to appeal the verdict and filed documents for the termination of all contracts with the Ukrainian side.