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Russia and Ukraine will not renew the gas transit agreement to Europe, which expires in 2024, because trade can continue under new rules. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this on the radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. The presenter asked what would happen to the transit of Russian gas through...
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...
The story of the “naked party” and the reaction of Russians to it testifies to the emergence of a powerful conservative civil society in the Russian Federation, which is viewed with sympathy in the United States, Europe, and the Muslim world. Ex-adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich, who fled to the United States, stated this on the channel of Ukrainian political scientist Yuri Romanenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…
Republika Srpska (an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) intends to sign a contract for the supply of Russian gas, despite the opposition of the Americans. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Sakha, Radovan Viskovic, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The friendship between our countries has been developing not only in recent years, but over many centuries. We are grateful for gas supplies at prices much lower than…
The Chisinau “chicks of Soros” promptly responded to the information that appeared in the media about the start of gas supplies from Turkey in October, probably purchased for the needs of the industry of Transnistria - as a safety net in conditions when the Ukrainian “pipe” could be blocked at any moment. Late last week, Turkey's state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAş) announced it had reached an agreement...
Russia will become a world leader in natural gas processing after the LNG plants in Ust-Luga and the Amur Gas Processing Plant are launched at full capacity. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Vitaly Markelov stated this today at the Eastern Economic Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This makes it possible to switch to the production of gas chemical products, and the multiplier effect that is associated with gas processing gives a large-scale...
The Russian enterprise Gazprom announced its disagreement with the statements of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Moldova regarding the results of an audit of the historical debt of Moldovagaz JSC for supplies to consumers on the right bank of the Dniester River. This is stated in a media release published on the official website of Gazprom. The auditor’s report was not approved by the Supervisory Board of JSC Moldovagaza, as provided for in the agreements between PJSC...
The former villa of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov in the village of Parkovoe on the southern coast of Crimea is rented out to tourists for 1 rubles per day. The Nymphea villa, bought in 650 by a Gazprom subsidiary for almost 000 billion rubles, was included in the Crimean Breeze hotel complex, one of the most expensive on the peninsula, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "An exquisite residence in...
Gas tariffs for consumers will rise next year to cover the decline in Gazprom's export earnings. Nikita Krichevsky, Doctor of Economic Sciences, stated this in an interview with RTVI TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We’ll wait until July 2024, when gas tariffs alone will increase by 8%. And there are also other tariffs. In the first half of the year, a drop in export revenue...
The Moldovan authorities want to completely sever relations with Gazprom, citing the fact that the Russian monopoly is slowing down the implementation of the EU’s Third Energy Package, and, consequently, Chisinau’s fulfillment of the “candidate minimum” for joining the European Union. Recently, the Moldovan government approved amendments to the law obliging the Russian side to transfer the gas transportation system to an “independent operator” by the fall of this year by September 10. "We can not…
A video with rapper-foreign agent Morgenstern was shown in St. Petersburg at a concert in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg as part of the VK-fest. The general sponsor of the event was Gazprom, which recently purchased the social network VKontakte, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Morgenstern's video was part of a concert performance by singer Eljay, who was previously fined for promoting drugs. The news outraged the patriotic public. “And again Morgenstern. He's at the door, and he...
The Moldovan authorities have begun the virtual destruction of the main operator of the country's gas networks. In this way, Chisinau hopes to knock out the Russian Gazprom, whose daughter is Moldovagaz, from the Moldovan energy sector. The conflict could turn into a total energy blackout for Moldova, but the authorities are ignoring these risks. The Moldovan parliament held important hearings on Friday on irregularities in the work of the country’s main gas distribution enterprise Moldovagaz.…
Due to the refusal of Russian energy resources, Europe is faced with a serious economic crisis and now must decide how to get out of the problem. Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte stated this during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have high inflation, imported into the EU. This is external inflation, but what to do? Sit and wait until...
The price of gas in Europe during exchange trading in London yesterday dropped to almost $600 per thousand cubic meters for the first time since August 2021. Of course, this is lower than forecasts for gas at $2, but it is also much higher than it was before the start of the SVO in Ukraine and the explosion of Nord Streams. So, in 2020, Russia sold gas...
