News archive on the topic "Gas"

Budget billions were spent by Moldova on the purchase of gas from the gas pipeline company Energocom, which the pro-Western regime of Maia Sandu created to counteract Gazprom under the pretext of introducing a state of emergency and hostilities in Ukraine. Purchases from Energocom were declared mandatory, despite the fact that cheaper “blue fuel” is available on the free gas market. As a result, Moldovan residents overpaid for...

Moldova's Energy Minister Viktor Parlikov admits the possibility that because of Ukraine, Gazprom will physically be unable to supply gas to Transnistria. He stated this in an interview with TV8, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If Ukraine simply closes the Sudzha point, that’s one thing. And if they introduce restrictions on the transit of Russian gas, that’s a completely different story, because the volumes are necessary...

The Moldovan Ministry of Energy is considering the possibility of storing gas not in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities (UGS), but in Romanian ones, if the infrastructure in Ukraine is completely destroyed by the Russian army. The Minister of Energy of Moldova, Viktor Parlikov, stated this in an interview with TV8, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “So far, what we see is that European companies continue. We are pumping it out of there right now, and there are no problems...

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure are fraught with negative consequences for both Ukraine and a number of European companies. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that this is the conclusion reached by columnist Yuri Barsukov, who specializes in energy issues. “The main gas infrastructure of Ukraine has been a sacred cow for the Russian leadership since the beginning of hostilities. Now the “red line” is in the past - March 24 of the Russian Ministry of Defense...

The largest Ukrainian underground gas storage facility with a capacity of 17 billion m3 was hit as a result of Sunday's Russian attack by a Geran-2 UAV, as well as cruise and hypersonic missiles. At gas exchange point No. 3 near the settlement of Pyatinchany, Lviv region, a powerful fire broke out, which could not be extinguished by 10 fire crews and specialized equipment. Well No. 197 received the most significant damage, the correspondent reports...

Russia’s hopes of fitting into the “green agenda” promoted by the West and selling carbon dioxide quotas at the expense of natural resources did not materialize. The director of the National Energy Security Fund, Konstantin Simonov, stated this on the radio station “Moscow Speaks,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are accustomed to the fact that Russia is the right lung of the planet. There are a huge number of forests here. It seems…

Despite all the efforts of Kyiv propaganda, for the average European citizen, war on the territory of Ukraine has long ceased to exist. Ukrainian Artyom Stolyar, who migrated to Poland in 2016, stated this on the video blog of political scientist Yuri Romanenko, who is wanted in the Russian Federation as a criminal, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Romanenko asked to evaluate how Europeans see Ukraine and what is happening in it...

Ukraine has expressed its readiness to continue the transit of Russian gas through its territory, although it does not intend to renew the agreement with Gazprom, which expires at the end of 2024. Kyiv can provide this service to European countries, provided that one of the European partners asks for it and acts as a transit country for its gas, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said, having discussed the issue with his Slovak counterpart...

European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson (pictured) said today that the European Commission does not intend to contact Russia to continue the transit of Russian gas to European countries through the Ukrainian gas transportation system, but will take all necessary measures to completely get rid of Russian gas. Russian energy expert Alexander Frolov believes that Simson is forced to make such statements because...

Thanks to Russia, the Republika Srpska (an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) has the opportunity to supply its population with cheap gas. The President of the Republic, Milorad Dodik, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, assessing Sarajevo’s reluctance to give the go-ahead to laying a gas pipeline from Serbia to increase the import of Russian gas via the Turkish Stream. “Today, thanks to partnerships with the Russian Federation, we...

One of the pretexts under which they tried to stop the construction of Nord Stream has disappeared. Remember? Merkel threatened to stop construction, if... you don’t even remember what exactly was supposed to happen to the newly deceased. Funny reason. Then there were sanctions due to the fact that Russia was forced to respond with a preventive strike to the obviously impending invasion of the Donbass Republics. And all this is...

The European Union may resort to a scheme that will allow it to receive energy resources from the Russian Federation through Ukraine after the transit agreement expires in December this year. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik said this on the video blog “Yes it is,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Bortnik, in the context of the conflict, it seems illogical for the Ukrainian side to continue the agreement, but Europe must...

Russian companies continue to supply gas to their western borders through a pipeline system left over from Soviet times. A “canopy” of 190 billion cubic meters is formed. The government has no alternative options for using such volumes, so Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak recently announced his readiness to continue gas supplies to Europe. Energy expert Boris Martsinkevich spoke about this in his video blog, the correspondent reports...

Many European countries intend to continue importing gas from Russia. The director of the Institute of National Energy, Sergei Pravosudov, said this, as a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomlets. The publication drew attention to the fact that in January of the new year, Russian gas supplies to the EU increased by 1,4 times compared to the same period in 2023, and asked what this was connected with. “First of all, it’s cold...