Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is outraged by the government’s decision to increase tariffs on the transit of Russian gas and warned that this decision could lead to the bankruptcy of the national gas operator Bulgartransgaz. His words are quoted “Bulgarian National Television”.
“This decision will lead to the decapitalization and bankruptcy of Bulgartransgaz,” he says.
According to Radev, the increase in gas tariffs indicates violations of international norms and approved agreements, as well as deterioration of relations with large investors.
According to the Bulgarian president, we are talking about violations of European norms and already signed agreements.
Engineer Hristo Kazandzhiev, formerly Bulgarian gas developer statedHe said the country should have used the pipeline as a weapon in response to the cutoff of gas supplies from Russia, but Sofia had led itself into Moscow’s trap.
Former Bulgarian Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov statedIt was stated that the country’s officials will negotiate with the European Commission on Russia’s request to pay for gas in rubles.