Swiss trader RosUkrEnergo today announced the amount of debt for gas supplies, payment of Naftogaz Ukrainy. ““Settlements are we to rain the end of the financial day to take stock, the official results of the calculations we will announce tomorrow”, – told the RIA Novosti source in the company. NAC Naftogaz Ukrainy and Gazprom on 25 November agreed to pay up to 1 December, 2008 debt for gas delivered to Ukraine in September, and part of the debt for October. On Sunday, the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov said that Gazprom had already received the first part of Ukrainian debt for gas supplies, and if Monday Ukraine arrears for September and part of October, on Tuesday to begin negotiations with it on further cooperation. Last week, it was known that the Ukrainian company Naftogaz “has been able to acquire and transfer to the accounts of RosUkrEnergo about $ 100 million from $ 500 million promised to transfer up to 1 December 2008. On Wednesday, 26 November, the first deputy chairman of the Ukrainian company Igor Didenko said that before the end of the week “Naftogaz plans to repay debt mediator RosUkrEnergo for September in the amount of 380 million dollars and begin to pay debt for October. However, the Ukrainian company also said the other day about the complexities of buying dollars to repay debt. According to the Russian side, debt Naftohaz for gas delivered in September, October and November 2008, taking into account the penalties and fines of $ 2.4 billion. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev did not rule out the possibility of using court proceedings to recover debts from Ukrainian companies buying Russian gas. After repayment parties will continue negotiations on the implementation of an intergovernmental memorandum on cooperation in gas sphere of 2 October 2008. The duty has the contract for gas supply between Naftogaz and the company RosUkrEnergo, which was 14 Mar., 2008. At present, RosUkrEnergo sells gas Naftohaz to $ 179.5 per thousand cubic meters. In Ukraine, Central supplied gas.
