Gazprom will be the improvement of discipline in the former Soviet republics.

The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom intends in the near future "to improve the payment discipline" in the republics of the former Soviet Union. This is stated in the basic principles of the financial strategy of the company in a financial crisis, which on 23 December approved the board of directors of Gazprom, RIA News. In addition, the Russian company intends to expand the use of advance payments in the form of gas deliveries to domestic consumers.
Under the approved board of directors of Gazprom will limit the volume of loans, as well as improve the quality of available cash flow. The company also plans to mobilize its internal resources.
Earlier, the newspaper Kommersant wrote that Gazprom had developed a total of six principles of action in a crisis. In particular, the document states that the Russian company is prepared to share with their partners, shares of the operator of the Shtokman field Shtockman Development AG, the gas treydere RosUkrEnergo, as well as the operator of the Nord Stream and South Stream. "
On 22 December, it was reported that at the "Nord Stream" has already found the first applicants. French GDF Suez said that it wished to buy out minority package pipeline operator. No other details of the potential deal is not yet known.
Gazprom - the largest company in Russia. Its capitalization on the RTS is nearly 90 billion dollars. Gazprom focuses not only on gas but also its transportation, as well as controls all the main gas pipelines in the country.