OREANDA-NEWS.  Today at 10:00 (Moscow time), in full compliance with the effective contract, Gazprom switched Naftogaz of Ukraine to a prepayment of gas supplies.

The decision was made owning to persistent non-payments by Naftogaz of Ukraine. The overdue debt of the company for the supplied Russian gas equals USD 4.458 billion: USD 1.451 billion – for November and December 2013 and USD 3.007 billion for April and May 2014.

By the proforma invoice for June the payments also were not received. Starting from today the Ukrainian company will receive only prepaid volumes of Russian gas.