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Moscow - Oral court proceedings on Gazprom's claim for 44.5 billion in debt against Ukraine's Naftogaz are due to take place in February-March 2016, with an arbitration ruling to follow in June that year, the Russian gas giant said in a report.

A counter claim by Naftogaz for $6 billion in possible excess payments for gas has been combined with the case.

The court is also considering a request by Gazprom to consolidate in the same process a Naftogaz claim of $6.2 billion related to a review of the transit contract.