Ukraine pays for Russian gas consumed in May - Naftogaz
13:02, 6 June 2009
KIEV. June 6. KAZINFORM Ukraine?s oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy has paid in full for the Russian gas imported in May, the company? s press-secretary Valentin Zemlyansky said on Friday, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
?The required sum has been entered to Gazprom accounts,? he said.
Earlier, Naftogaz CEO Oleg Dubina said his company would pay on time for the natural gas it received in May, including the amount pumped into the underground gasholders ? 2.376 billion cubic meters 646.8 million dollars worth. President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday said that the Oshchada savings bank had disbursed 500 million dollars to Naftogaz to pay for the May supplies of gas, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.