KYIV, Oct 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny considers the multibillion-dollar claims against the company voiced by Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Oleksiy Liubchenko to be groundless.

Liubchenko said the amount of claims against Naftogaz was estimated at UAH 34.6 billion, which included "the failure to include the amount of lost profit on gas transit operations recognized by the Stockholm court in the amount of UAH 71.86 billion, or $2.56 billion, in its income; overestimation of the cost by the amount of VAT tax liabilities, accrual on transactions for the supply of transit services to nonresidents, Naftogaz's failure to provide nominations to heat generating and heat supplying companies for the supply of gas and not reflecting such transactions in VAT tax liabilities.