Executive Director of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko / Photo from UNIAN
Naftogaz received US$2.9 billion from Russia's gas giant Gazprom under the Stockholm Arbitration's award.
Executive Director of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko has said the company's top management will receive bonuses whose total amount accounts for 1% of US$2.9 billion (about US$29 million) due to be paid by Russia's Gazprom under the Stockholm Arbitration's award.
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"The money is to be paid under the contract. The whole group [of top managers] will get [remuneration, accounting for] 1% of the money," he told Liga.net, as reported by the Ukrainian Ekonomichna Pravda news outlet on January 13.
So, the top managers will receive a combined total of about US$29 million, or UAH 700 million.
As UNIAN reported earlier, National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine had received US$2.9 billion from Russia's gas giant Gazprom under the Stockholm Arbitration's award.