The discounted export duty on the Russian gas for our country will be in effect through 2019, according to the relevant Russian government resolution dated April 30.

If the agreement price of gas is less than 330 USD per 1000 m3, the export duty will be zero. If the cost is equal to that figure or higher, the discount to the export duty will be 100 USD.

The discounted export duty applies to 40 billion m3 of gas in 2010 and 50 m3 each year in the 2011-2019 period.

The discounted export duty is valid from April 1, 2010.

About it was said earlier that the discount Ukraine receives will be counted against the increased rent Russia pays to base the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol.