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Naftogaz will not ask for a rate increase for the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine after the end of the current contract in 2019, it will be lower than today. This was announced Friday by the commercial director of Naftogaz Yuri Vitrenko.

"We have recently brought a lawsuit and asked for a very substantial increase in tariffs, but that is for the period 2018-2019 .In Berlin, the main topic of the negotiations will be transit after 2020, and after 2020, we talked and said that the transit rate will be even lower than now, so we will not ask for a long-term rate increase, "he told Radio Novoye Vremya

. On July 6, Naftogaz announced that it filed a new complaint with the Stockholm Arbitration. The company estimated its claims at $ 11.58 billion excluding interest. At the same time, Mr Vitrenko noted that in case of agreement with Gazprom on the transit of gas after 2019, the requirements could be reduced.