Ukraine has paid the first tranche for the Russian gas
The Russian gas monopolist Gazprom has postponed the advance payment by Ukraine for gas supplies to a later date, the 9 of May, as Chair of Gazprom Olexiy Miller told to journalists, according to The RBK-Ukraine (РБК-Україна) citing the press-service of Gazprom.
«Ukraine has already paid for the first gas tranche. Today, $786 million have been transferred to the Gazprom’s account. We welcome paying off the debt by Ukraine, so we have postponed the advance payment to May 9. The prepayment schedule will depend on whether the debt owed for gas supplies before April 1 and amounted to $2,237 billion will be paid off in full, as far as it has been partially paid, as well as for gas delivered in April and May. Payment for gas supplies in May should be done by June 9», - said O. Miller.
