The Kiev court rejected the cassation PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "GAZPROM" on a 6,4-milliard penalty

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the Highest Economic court of Kiev is rejected by

of Global Look Press on decision of the courts Ukraine the previous instances, obliged to pay a penalty and the penalty fee imposed by Antimonopoly committee, of 172 billion hryvnias (about 6,4 billion dollars).

It is noted by

that PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "GAZPROM" can challenge the decision in the Supreme Court, transfers information agency "ITAR-TASS" .

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As it was reported earlier, the Antimonopoly committee addressed in department of the public executive service of Ministry yustitsii Ukrainy with a request to take measures for recovery of penalty and a penalty fee from the Russian PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "GAZPROM" on the basis of the decisions of the courts made earlier.

In February, 2016 Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine made the decision on imposing on PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "GAZPROM" a penalty in 85,9 billion hryvnias (about 3,2 billion dollars) because of violation of the legislation on protection of the economic competition. Department counted a 100 percent penalty fee on 85,9 billion hryvnias of a penalty of PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "GAZPROM" later.

In December, 2016 Economic court of Kiev satisfied with

the committee claim concerning compulsory recovery of penalty and a penalty fee from the company in the sum of 172 billion hryvnias (6,4 billion dollars). PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "GAZPROM" appealed against this decision in the Kiev appellate economic court, but on February 22 the court rejected the complaint of the Russian company.