KYIV, Aug 7 – Ukraine hopes to have a legal mechanism set up by September to enforce in third countries the court decision on the recovery of the funds Gazprom must pay Ukraine, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.

"Presently, the law stipulates that we must check for all assets that may exist in the Ukrainian territory. For example, those assets owned jointly with third parties. State enforcement officers use enquiries to check for all possible assets that Gazprom may hold in Ukraine [...] The next step is the following: starting from autumn, we will be moving towards applying judicial assistance mechanisms for the enforcement of this court decision in the territories of other countries. Right now I'll refrain from naming those countries we may turn to in order to prevent any political manipulations on part of the Russian Federation," Petrenko said in an interview with the Obozrevatel online media outlet on Friday.