La Stampa: while the EU is afraid of Putin, Russia is successfully solving the gas crisis – Gazeta.Ru
11 November 2021, 12:08
Russia is pumping gas to Europe again, and Moscow’s actions towards the European Union turned out to be more than friendly, despite the unfolding anti-Russian hysteria. About it writes the correspondent of the Italian newspaper La Stampa Francesco Spini.
According to him, the Russian Federation does not seek to use energy resources as an instrument of political pressure, does not reduce, but on the contrary, increases gas sales.
“The great fear of the Old World has been pacified by the statements of Gazprom. The Russian gas giant says it has approved and started work on a plan to pump five European underground storage facilities, ”Spini wrote.
According to the Italian journalist, for gas prices in Europe to continue to decline, not only a relatively mild winter is required, but also a thaw in relations with Moscow.
Earlier it was reported that Gazprom filed on Thursday, November 11, applications for maximum the volume of gas transit through Ukraine under the contract in the amount of 109.3 million cubic meters per day. The volume of ordered transit capacities through the Sudzha gas distribution station is 77.1 million cubic meters. meters and 32.2 million cubic meters – through the station “Sokhranovka”.
October 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed After pumping gas into Russian underground storage facilities, Gazprom will begin planned work to increase the volume of gas in European UGS facilities.