Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The world’s demand for gas is expected to decrease by 65 billion cubic meters in 2022, with 55 billion cubic meters falling on the 27 European Union countries, head of Russian gas giant Gazprom Alexei Miller said on Wednesday. According to preliminary estimates, the decline in …
Read More »Russia denies involvement in Nord Stream gas leaks
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday called it “stupid and absurd” to allege that Russia was involved in leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. “Is this in our interests? No, we will lose gas supply routes to Europe. Is it in Europe’s …
Read More »Europe faces bitter winter without Russian gas
Munich, Germany | Xinhua | Europe is heading toward a bitter winter as a new disruption of natural gas from Russia aggravates its energy crunch and cost of living crisis. Russia’s largest gas producer Gazprom announced Friday it had stopped gas supplies via the Nord Stream I pipeline for an …
Read More »Russia to temporarily suspend gas supply via Turkish Stream pipeline
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Saturday that it will stop gas delivery via both strings of the Turkish Stream pipeline from June 21 to June 28 due to scheduled annual maintenance. The suspension was agreed in advance by all interested parties, Gazprom said in a …
Read More »Russia continues to slash gas supply to Europe
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on Wednesday that it will shut down another turbine engine on the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline, thus significantly reducing the amount of gas delivery to Europe. As Germany’s Siemens, the manufacturer of the gas turbine engines, failed to provide …
Read More »Russia to suspend natural gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria
Warsaw, Poland | Xinhua | Russia is to halt natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria from Wednesday, according to energy companies and authorities. Poland’s state oil and gas company PGNiG said on Tuesday that Russia’s energy corporation Gazprom will suspend its gas supplies to Poland from Wednesday evening. “PGNiG has …
Read More »Russia to sell gas to “unfriendly countries” in rubles: Putin
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia will reject U.S. dollars or euros and only accept rubles for its natural gas supplied to “unfriendly countries,” including the European Union (EU) members and the United States, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Over the past few weeks, some Western countries have taken “illegitimate decisions” …
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