“The estimated income with which Ukraine withdrew from this meeting (negotiations in Minsk on December 20. - RT ) is more than $ 3 billion in arbitration + approximately $ 3 billion for transit for a year for five years,” he wrote in the author’s column in “ Economic truth. ”

Earlier, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing, Andrei Gerus, said that Naftogaz would spend almost $ 3 billion from Gazprom to repay loans and increase gas production.

On December 21, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, told the details of the gas transit agreement with Ukraine.

According to him, the parties will also sign an agreement on the settlement of mutual claims and withdraw claims.

At the same time, Gazprom will pay about $ 2.9 billion according to the decisions of the Stockholm Arbitration Court before the end of the year. In turn, Kiev will withdraw the claim in the amount of approximately $ 7.4 billion.

More details in the material RT.