Russian gas exports to Europe increased by more than 15% to 26.52 billion cubic meters in the first ten months of the year.
MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Russian gas exports to Europe increased by more than 15 percent to 26.52 billion cubic meters in the first 10 months of the year, the Russian Federation reported on Saturday. Russian news agency TASS.
For the whole of 2023, the figure rises to around 28.15 billion m3, according to her.
In the first ten months of the year, Russian gas exports to Western and Central Europe via Ukraine amounted to 12.85 billion m3, an increase of 7% compared to the year previous.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced last August that his country would not renew its transit agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom, which is due to expire at the end of this year.
According to experts, although a renewal of the transit agreement seems unlikely due to tensions between Russia and Ukraine, European Union countries could still obtain Russian gas through auctions, according to experts. revised capacity reservations and gas delivery points.■
