The boss of Russian gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, on Thursday defended his group’s options, continuing to reduce its deliveries to Europe in the context of Russia’s offensive in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow.
Our product, our policy. We don’t play according to rules we didn’t makeMiller told St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
Russia is a reliable energy supplier for the Friends of Russiahe added, a variation of his credo that Gazprom has reiterated over the years on the group’s reliability for its customers.
Russia’s gas exports to Europe have continued to decline since Western sanctions against Moscow began.
If the European Union seeks to remove its energy reliance on Russia, Gazprom has taken the lead in disrupting its gas delivery to some European customers who refuse to pay in rubles, as the Kremlin now demands. .
Added to this this week’s 60% reduction in gas delivered to Europe by the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Gazprom assures that this was due to difficulties with turbines from German group Siemens caused by Western sanctions.
Now there is no way to solve this situation, says Mr. Miller, ensures that Siemens remains silent.
Yes, we have a decrease in supplies in Europehe said, making sure of that in the near future, the demand for natural gas [liquéfié] (LNG) in the Asia-Pacific market will grow.
Sending a nail to the Europeans, he assured the latter said that long -term contracts are not necessary, so it is not necessary. We have fulfilled our obligations to you.
Revenues from Russia were not affected by this collapse of deliveries, due to rising gas prices. The Kremlin has not stopped affirming that the decisions of European leaders largely affect their own populations.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
