“The second absurd lawsuit filed by Ukraine - in the amount of $ 12 billion ... it has not even been considered, so saying that someone owes someone is premature. Those claims that are filed in the lawsuit are absurd, ”Novak quotes RIA Novosti.
Gazprom previously stated that a new contract for gas transit from Russia through Ukraine is possible only if the two countries cancel their claims in the gas sphere, including the antimonopoly penalty imposed by Kiev.
On November 2, Naftogaz Ukrainy’s executive director, Yuriy Vitrenko, announced that the company had filed a $ 12 billion defense and counterclaim claim with Gazprom with the Stockholm arbitration tribunal.