Ukraine to get about $2 billion for gas transit from Russia
Kiev, Nefegaz.RU. Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Andrey Kobolyev has said that Ukraine will receive about $2 billion from Russia's Gazprom for the use of Ukraine's gas transmission system.
"I think this figure will be close to $2 billion," he said.
According to tentative data, the Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz Group paid UAH 92.5 billion ($3.2 billion) to Ukraine's state budget in January-August 2020. Revenues from Naftogaz enterprises accounted for more than 17% of total state budget revenues in 8 monthes of the year. Naftogaz Group is the largest taxpayer in the country.