Russia resumed gas supplies to Latvia

Russian “Gazprom» resumed gas supplies to Latvia, should from data from the European Network of Gas Transmission System Operators (Entsog). How notes RIA Novosti, imports resumed on August 5. Deliveries were terminated on July 30 due to violations of gas withdrawal conditions.

According to the system data, about 4 million cubic meters are supplied through the Luhamaa gas metering station, through which only Russian gas can flow. m. per day.

At the end of July, the head of Latvijas gaze, Aigars Kalvitis, confirmed that the company continues to purchase Russian gas through an intermediary. He noted that the payment is not in rubles, but in euros. “Latvijas gaze is now purchasing gas, but we are not buying gas from Gazprom because we cannot pay off Gazprom. We have another supplier,” Kalvitis explained.

In mid-July, the Saeima of Latvia approved amendments to the law “On Energy”, which prohibit the supply of natural gas from Russia from January 1, 2023. Latvia decided to refuse Russian gas in response to a military special operation in Ukraine.

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