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Naftogaz of Ukraine received US$2.9 billion from Russia's energy giant on December 27.
National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine says the unfreezing of Gazprom's foreign assets in Europe is due to the end of recovering US$2.9 billion from Russia's gas giant under the Stockholm Arbitration's award.
"Freeze orders were imposed on Gazprom's assets in different jurisdictions to get it to pay its US$2.9 billion debt [before Naftogaz] under the Stockholm Arbitration's award. We received US$2.9 billion from Gazprom on December 27, 2019. The debt had been recovered," Naftogaz's press service wrote on Facebook on January 21.
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As was reported, the freeze of Gazprom's foreign assets, which was earlier imposed due to lawsuits filed by Ukraine's Naftogaz, had been lifted in England, Wales, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
On December 27, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine received US$2.9 billion from Russia's Gazprom under the Stockholm Arbitration's award, which made it possible to start the signing of a new gas transit contract between Ukraine and Russia.