Ukraine's Energy ChallengeForbes: Russia’s Gazprom gets paid by UkraineBy Forbes. Published June 2, 2014 at 3:45 pm The national oil and gas company of Ukraine Naftogaz has paid Gazprom $786 million. Photo by pronedra.ruRussian gas giant Gazprom got paid by the new Ukrainian government, now in its first full week in the capital city of Kyiv. Read more here