"The lawsuit also contains a requirement to recover an amount of money from Gazprom, which Ukraine has overpaid since 2010," Naftogaz said in a statement.
The Ukrainian company estimates it has "overpaid" around 6 billion U.S. dollars to Russia due to the "unfair" gas contract.
Earlier in the day, Gazprom said it had filed a lawsuit at the Stockholm court demanding Ukraine pay off some 4.5 billion dollars of gas debt and decided to introduce the prepayment regime with Naftogaz.
The two sides have been locked in dispute for three years over a 2009 contract under which they agreed to tie the price of gas to the international spot price of oil.
- Russia initially demanded Ukraine pay 485 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters of gas. Moscow then offered to remove an export duty, which would cut the price by 100 dollars. Ukraine had been holding out for a price of just over 268 dollars.
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16/6/14
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Stockholm arbitration court combines Naftogaz, Gazprom lawsuits....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήThe Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal has combined mutual claims filed by the Ukrainian national energy company Naftogaz and Russian gas giant Gazprom against each other into one case, Naftogaz CEO Andrei Kobolev said on Tuesday.
“The lawsuits have been combined to facilitate significantly the start of the process for examining the substance of the matter,” Kobolev said.
“A procedure for the appointment of arbitrators is currently under way. It will be over soon, after which the matter will be submitted for consideration,” Kobolev said, adding that a preliminary decision could be taken until winter.....................http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/742698
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