“Most of the people who do not pay the bills are rich. These are people who think they are businessmen – owners of greenhouses and brick factories,” Sultanov said in an interview with the Alter Ego project.

Alisher Sultanov stated that this is happening on a large scale throughout the country.

“They build very large houses, install 25 air conditioners, 5 boilers each, large pools, and then think about cutting expenses. Non-payers are not the general public who consume very little gas, but those who want to consume a lot but refuse to pay,” he noted.

“It is an infringement of the rights of those who work on the production of this gas round-the-clock in harsh conditions: drillers and refiners,” he concluded.