The Russian Federation and its largest gas producer Gazprom are sponsoring groups of influence in Ukraine effectively blocking the efforts to boost own gas extraction, head of the board of the national oil and gas holding company Naftogaz of Ukraine, Andriy Kobolyev said on air of one of the Ukrainian TV channels.
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A picture taken on April 22, 2015 shows a part of a gas installation at a gas-pumping station on the gas pipeline in the small town Boyarka on April 22, 2015 in the Kyiv region.
