Latvia resumed gas imports from Russia

According to the Latvian operator Conexus Baltic Grid, Russian gas enters the country in the amount of about 4 million cubic meters. m per day.

Latvia has resumed imports of Russian gas, which were stopped at the end of July due to violation of the selection conditions, according to the data of the Latvian operator for the transportation and storage of natural gas Conexus Baltic Grid

According to the Conexus Baltic Grid website, the Luhamaa gas measuring station (GIS) now receives about 4 million cubic meters. m of gas per day.

Russian gas is supplied to Latvian consumers via the Valdai-Pskov-Riga gas pipeline, it comes from RUSSIA to Latvia through Estonia at the Luhamaa point.

RIA Novosti, citing data from the Entsog platform, clarifies that gas began to flow to Latvia on August 5.

Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Latvia Politics

Latvia refused to supply Russian gas in early April after deciding not to comply with Moscow's demands to pay for Russian gas in rubles. This scheme applied to countries that the Russian authorities had previously identified as unfriendly, the list included all EU states, Ukraine, Micronesia, Singapore and others.

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In mid-June, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins promised not to resume imports of Russian gas, calling for a way to impose sanctions on supplies. Nevertheless, the country continued to buy Russian-made gas, but not directly from Gazprom, but through an intermediary, explained the HEAD of the Latvian gas company Latvijas Gaze, Aigars Kalvitis.

Earlier, the gas company Latvijas Gaze warned that gas prices for the population from July 1 will increase in the range from 65.6 to 89.9%, depending on the volume of consumption.

On July 30, Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Latvia as part of the July bid due to violation of gas withdrawal conditions, the company's press service reported. "Gazprom" did not specify what kind of violations in question.

RBC sent a request to a representative of Gazprom.