UKRAINE'S NAFTOGAZ PAYS GAZPROM $1.45 BN IN FIRST TRANCHE FOR GAS DEBT (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, November 04, 2014, 14:27

Naftogaz has transferred $1.45 billion in the first tranche of gas debt repayment to Russia's Gazprom, said the press service of the Ukrainian state energy firm. The tranche paves the way for resumption of gas supplies to Ukraine.

Overall Naftogaz has agreed to pay $3.1 billion for the 11.5 billion cubic meters of gas which was supplied by Gazprom in November-December last year and in June, 2014, according to the agreement achieved after trilateral consultations between, Ukraine, Russia and the EU in Brussels on Friday.

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