Section: Energy
Ukraine will have access to liquefied gas terminals in Poland and the Baltic States this summer, – General Director of the Gas Transmission System of Ukraine
Ukraine will have access to liquefied gas terminals in Poland and the Baltic states in this summer. Source: Serhiy Makogon, General Director of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine “The GIPL interconnector between Poland and Lithuania, which joined the Baltic states to the European gas market, has been launched today. This is a...
Paying for Russian gas in rubles – is a violation of sanctions, – EU Commissioner
Paying European companies for gas supplied by Russia in rubles – is a violation of EU sanctions. Source: EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen “Companies whose contracts provide for payment only in dollars or euros should not accede to the Russian demand. This would be a breach of the sanctions so high risk for the companies.” EU...
Gas transit to the EU may be reduced by a third due to the Russian attacks
Gas transit to EU countries may be reduced by a third due to the actions of Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Head of “Naftogaz” Yuriy Vitrenko “We estimate that a third of the gas exported from Russia to the EU via Ukraine will be lost if the Russian occupying forces do not stop...
Emmanuel Macron: France does not need Russian gas
Emmanuel Macron says he supports a full oil and gas embargo on Russia. Source: The President of France Emmanuel Macron Macron also denies reports that it was on his initiative that the issue of the Russian oil embargo was postponed until the end of the presidential election in France. He argues that Europeans should stop buying oil and gas from...
Ukraine has proposed an “Iranian model” of sanctions against Russian gas
Ukraine offers international partners to impose the Iranian model of sanctions against Gazprom. When Russian gas goes to the EU, the funds for it will not go to Russia, they will be transferred to special deposit accounts. Source: Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Yaroslav Demchenkov As for Russia’s natural gas supplied via pipelines, it...
Ukrainian electricity will help the EU reduce its dependence on Russian energy sources
The export of Ukrainian electricity to European countries will allow the European Union to reduce its dependence on Russian gas and oil. Source: DTEK Director-General Maxim Timchenko “In discussions about dependence on Russian gas and oil, we are part of the solution to this problem by offering Ukrainian electricity and coal to our European...
Italy supports EU sanctions against Russian gas
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that Italy would support sanctions against Russian gas after the atrocities in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. Source: Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs “Italy will not veto Russian gas sanctions,” Di Maio said. Italy receives about 40% of its gas imports from Russia, and after the Russian...
Lithuania is the first EU country that completely abandoned Russian gas
Lithuania has completely stopped importing gas from Russia since the beginning of April, becoming the first EU country to take such a step. Source: Ministry of Energy of Lithuania Since the beginning of April, the Lithuanian gas transmission system has not imported gas from Russia. This is confirmed by the data of the operator Amber Grid. Now all...
The G7 countries will not pay for gas in rubles
The G7 countries have said they will not pay in rubles for Russian gas, as the Kremlin wants. Source: German Energy Minister Robert Habeck The energy ministers of the most industrialized countries of the Group of Seven reject the Kremlin’s demands that “unfriendly” countries have to pay in rubles for Russian gas. “All G-7...
UNIAN: Naftogaz CEO calls for probe into gas distribution fraud
Regional gas companies across Ukraine, mostly owned by Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, sold to industrial customers certain volumes of natural gas intended to be distributed to households, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev told a press conference in Kyiv March 6. Read more here. The post UNIAN: Naftogaz CEO calls for probe into gas distribution...
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General Staff operational report August 22, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 18:55 (EEST)
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