Russia demands Moldova 4 times higher price for natural gas – Worldwide
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The Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Andrei Spinu, announced the price that the Republic of Moldova will pay for Russian natural gas in October 2021.
RIA Novosti quotes Minister Spinu as saying that Moldova will receive gas from Russia in October at a price of $ 790 instead of $ 200.
The preferential contract for the supply of Russian gas to the Republic of Moldova expired on September 30, but on Thursday, September 30, Spinu specified that the grant was extended for another month in order not to interrupt the republic’s supply of natural gas.
“We will receive gas at a price of 790 USD in October. Regardless of this situation, until the completion of negotiations and the signing of a long-term contract, the tariff for the population will not change. Negotiating a contract on much more favorable terms.” , he also stated.
The average annual purchase price of Russian natural gas paid by the Republic of Moldova this year was $ 200 per thousand meters covered.
“Next week I will attend the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum in St. Petersburg and continue negotiations with Gazprom. We expect to sign a long-term contract with Gazprom on much more favorable terms; at the end of October we will extend the contract or we will conclude a new contract “, added Andrei Spinu.
According to her, the Republic of Moldova hopes to find a much more advantageous formula for the formula for calculating the price of natural gas in the future. However, the current situation on the global gas market is unprecedented, so the Republic of Moldova is ready to extend the contract for another one under conditions that were in force until September 2021.
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