Gazprom confirms Naftogaz pays for July gas supplies
15:54, 6 August 2009
MOSCOW. August 6. KAZINFORM Naftogaz Ukrainy paid fully for Russia' s gas supplies in July 2009, a source in the Russian gas major Gazprom told Prime-Tass on Thursday, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko noted that Ukraine paid 605 million dollars to Gazprom ahead of time.
Russia's gas supplies to Ukraine in July 2009 were lower than the target level by more than one billion cubic meters making about 3.15 billion cubic meters of gas. In June Ukraine has recovered about 1.1 billion cubic meters, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.