Bulgaria’s additional fee for the transit of Russian gas threatens gas supplies to Southern European countries. This was reported by RIA News referring to expert Alexey Grivach.
According to him, the introduced fee is a “predatory extortion” that violates Bulgaria’s obligations and EU norms. Grivach called it an attempt to “rob” Russian gas.
Let us also remind you that in October, Bulgaria imposed an additional tax of more than 100 dollars on the transit of 1000 cubic meters of Russian gas. Responsibility for payment lies with importers and gas transportation companies.
According to the expert, Bulgaria therefore wants to create “the preconditions for a transit crisis, which is a Ukrainian-type blackmail.” He believes this is primarily in the interest of the United States.
Grivach believes that Bulgaria is unlikely to receive a fee from Gazprom as it is not specified in the contract. At the same time, Sofia could suspend transit, which would lead to a gas crisis in Europe.
Before that, it was known that Hungary could do it. to send A lawsuit was filed against Bulgaria over Russian natural gas.
previously Ukraine promise Austria will continue to supply gas from the Russian Federation without a transit agreement.