Liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from Russia to France increased by 41% in the first nine months of 2023. This was stated by Artem Studennikov, the first director of the European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. RIA News.
“At the end of 2022, Russia became France’s second natural gas supplier after the United States,” Studennikov said.
He noted that in January-September 2023, Paris’s purchases of Russian raw materials exceeded the same period of the previous year.
The diplomat explained that the main point of receipt of liquefied gas from the Russian Federation is the terminal in Montoir-de-Bretagne. It received 1.68 billion cubic meters of LNG in 2022. And in the first half of 2023 – 0.89 billion cubic meters of fuel.
President of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko in early February reportedIt is stated that there is demand for Russian energy resources in the world and some European countries still purchase Russian oil and gas through third channels. He added that it is already possible to create a promising and friendly geography in terms of the supply of energy resources.
It was previously known how much oil and gas Russia produces. was exported In 2023.