Russia's gas transit via Ukraine grows 38% in Jan

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As UNIAN reported earlier, the transit of natural gas through the Ukrainian gas transport system in 2016 grew by 23% from 2015, to 82.2 bcm.

Read alsoGazprom continues to violate conditions of gas transit contract - UkrtransgazAccording to the Ukraine-Russia gas transit contract, Gazprom is obliged to annually pump at least 110 bcm of natural gas through Ukraine. Kyiv and Moscow are now suing each other at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce over the violation of this provision. The verdict is expected in the first half of this year.