Gazprom President Alexey Miller said that European countries continue to buy Russian gas. According to him, it is provided even to states that allegedly refuse it. Miller talked about this in a conversation with journalist Pavel Zarubin for the Moscow program. Kremlin. It is Putin.” The trailer was published on the Telegram channel “Zarubin”.
“The molecules in the main gas pipeline do not have a national colour. “We know that barter transactions are quite common and that Russian gas is supplied to many countries that have declared their refusal to consume Russian gas,” Miller said.
According to the head of Gazprom, Russia now supplies its products to the Austrian center in Baumgarten. From there it goes to other European Union (EU) countries. Miller added that the gas passes through Ukrainian territory.
A Gazprom representative told reporters that 42 million cubic meters of Russian gas passes through the Sudzha gas measuring station (GIS) per day TASS. This volume was approved by Ukraine. The company applied to the Ukrainian authorities to pump the resource through Sokhranovka, but the application was rejected.
“Of course, Russian gas is not available in small quantities on the European market. And I will emphasize once again – even in countries that declare that there is no Russian gas in their national markets. That’s not true,” Miller said.
The Gazprom chairman added that Russia’s gas supplies are still being delivered to southeastern Europe. Everything happens in accordance with the signed contracts.
Russia also sells liquefied gas (LNG) to other countries. France has become the biggest buyer of Europeans due to problems in the energy sector, a German publication reports Die Welt.
Europe rejects Russian natural gas
When Western countries imposed sanctions on Russia, gas trading became more difficult, including problems with the transfer and receipt of payment by the Russian side. In March 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting with members of the government that payments with unfriendly countries will now be made in rubles. Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Poland and Bulgaria rejected this form of payment; They stopped buying Russian gas.
Fearing an energy crisis, European countries began to fill underground storage facilities. In November of this year, gas reserves in them reached a new historical maximum – 99.6%, and the injection rate was equal to the consumption rate in cold weather conditions. There are currently 109.83 billion cubic meters of gas in underground storage facilities.
In early November, the US-EU Energy Security Task Force held a regular meeting. At the meeting, it was decided to reduce Russia’s gas consumption. This year the volume is expected to reach 40-45 billion cubic meters.
“Today, the European Union has already significantly reduced Russia’s dependence on fossil fuels. “This happened, in particular, due to the gradual abandonment of coal imports, a 90 percent decrease in oil imports and a significant decrease in the volume of natural gas imports from Russia,” he said. .