The National Agency of Ukraine for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA) began checking 26 gas distribution system operators regarding budget revenues from their management.
ARMA Chairman Elena Duma announced this at a press conference in Ukrinform.
“26 regional gas companies are now the subject of a desk audit by ARMA, which has already begun and will be completed on August 30,” Duma said.
According to her, during 2022, the arrested regional gas companies did not generate income for the state budget, but this year this issue has already been resolved. “It is the conclusion of the audit that will show whether there were revenues to the budget,” the Duma noted.
As reported, in May 2022, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to transfer management of the assets of a number of regional and city gas distribution enterprises that were part of Dmitry Firtash’s orbit to the Naftogaz group. Naftogaz began to gain real control over regional gas companies in January 2023.
As of the end of August, gas distribution companies of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Kharkov region, Kiev region, Lvov, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnitsky, Nikolaev came under the control of Naftogaz.
