KIEV, Dec. 4 – First Deputy Justice Minister Yevhen Korniychuk said that Austria's Centragas Beteiligungs Holding AG is not a proper petitioner in a hearing on a case concerning 11 billion cubic meters of gas allegedly expropriated from RUE by Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

He gave his views to Interfax-Ukraine, commenting on a report by Centragas Beteiligungs Holding AG on its notification to the Ukrainian government of the start of litigation in accordance with the terms of the Energy Charter on the expropriation of 11 billion cubic meters of gas from RUE by Naftogaz Ukrainy.