Valentyn Zemlianskyi, press
secretary of Naftogaz of Ukraine denied information by some
mass media to the effect that Naftogaz had asked Russian Gazprom for
delay of the payment for the gas supplied in October, Natioal radio reported.
Zemlianskyi did not reject
that the company really had some problems with accumulation of funds
for payments to Gazprom, since quite not all Ukrainian consumers have
settled their accounts with Naftogaz.
Ukraine's payment for Russian gas
supplies in October was very difficult to make, Prime Minister
Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday in a statement confirming that
state energy firm Naftogaz has settled its bill on time.
"The prime minister stated that it (the gas payment) was
extremely difficult to carry out," Tymoshenko's office said,
referring to comments she made during a trip to eastern Ukraine
As reported, the general
indebtedness of all consumers to Naftogaz, in the first place municipal
heat companies, totals UAH 7 billion.