KIEV, June 27 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has completed a transaction to transfer UAH 13.3 billion in dividends for 2016 to the national budget along with UAH 2.4 billion in advance payment of corporate tax on the dividends.

"This is the highest dividend payment ever made by a state-owned company in independent Ukraine," Naftogaz said in an official statement on its website on June 27.