Russia's Gazprom has not deemed "
rational
" gas resale by Germany to Poland, in full price surge, rejecting accusations that Moscow deliberately limit its deliveries to Europe.
"
There is a reversal of gas flow from Germany to Poland and apparently also to Ukraine, of the order of 3 to 5 million cubic meters per day,
" Gazprom spokesman Sergei said. Kuprianov, in a video broadcast on Saturday evening.
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“
This gas comes from underground reservoirs in Germany, reservoirs of which the gas has already been used at 47%.
And winter is just beginning ... It is not the most rational decision
, ”he continued.
According to him, the prices of these deliveries are "
significantly higher than those of the volumes delivered by Gazprom
".
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On Wednesday, Poland's permanent representation to the European Union accused Moscow of having stopped its deliveries via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline between Russia, Poland and Germany, accusing Gazprom of "
manipulation
".
Russian President Vladimir Putin retorted on Thursday that Gazprom was not carrying out new exports via this pipeline, due to the lack of new European orders.
Accusations "unfounded" according to Moscow
Western Europe has been confronted for several months with a maddening rise in gas prices due to several factors: a very cold winter 2020-2021, the post-pandemic economic recovery or even a reduced supply of renewable energies. The price of gas in Europe broke a new record on Tuesday, with the arrival of winter temperatures. Added to this are geopolitical tensions between the EU and Moscow, which provides a third of European deliveries.
Westerners suspect Russia of limiting its deliveries in order to put pressure on Europeans and obtain success in several cases, in particular the launch of the new Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. "
The accusations against Russia and Gazprom saying that we provide little gas on the European market are absolutely unfounded,
”Sergei Kuprianov reacted on Saturday.
“
This year, Gazprom delivered 50.2 billion cubic meters to Germany, 5.3 billion more than last year.
Gazprom has already delivered more gas than last year to the following countries: Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Denmark, Finland and Poland
”, he enumerated.
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Russia is also accused of not sending additional gas to Europe via Ukraine, due to high tensions between Moscow and Kiev, accusations also rejected by Moscow.
