KYIV, Jan 27 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia in 2019 paid UAH 23.26 billion of royalties to the consolidated budget of Ukraine, Naftogaz Ukrainy Executive Board Chairman Andriy Kobolev said.

According to him, including UAH 1.163 billion was allocated to the budgets of local communities, of which UAH 578.5 million was allocated to Kharkiv territorial communities, UAH 493.1 million to Poltava territorial communities, UAH 42.7 million to Lviv territorial communities, and UAH 26.9 to Dnipropetrovsk territorial communities, UAH 21.9 million to others communities.