“The court did not write off a single ruble, and the work to collect debts from the population did not stop for one hour. Also talk about 9 billion rubles, which allegedly forgiven the residents of Chechnya, is groundless, ”the report says.

Previously, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz confirmed that the amount of debt of residents of the Chechen Republic for gas exceeds 9 billion rubles.

On January 18, it became known that the Grozny district court ordered Gazprom to write off the debts of the population of Chechnya for gas, since the debt had become "hopeless to recover." The company announced its intention to appeal the decision.

The Kremlin said that the issue of debts for gas in Chechnya and a number of other Russian regions is extremely difficult.