Stopping gas supplies by the Russian monopolist Gazprom will not affect ordinary citizens of Latvia in any way and will not significantly undermine the energy stability of the country. LSM reports.. lv by the link to the statement of the head of the Ministry of Economy of Latvia Ilze Indrikson.

The department noted that they expected such actions of the Russian side due to the fact that Latvia refused to comply with the unreasonable demand of Gazprom to pay for gas in rubles. In addition, Russia is not the main supplier of blue fuel for the Baltic country..

“We have long been unable to count on supplies from Russia. Now priority is given to gas supplies from the terminal in Klaipeda, and we are also working on supplies to other destinations. This step of Gazprom does not significantly change anything for us. I think it's more like Russian intimidation. And for our security and the creation of reserves, it is of negligible importance, ”said Indrikson..

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Recall that in mid-July, the Latvian Seimas decided to completely ban the import of Russian gas from 2023. Prior to this, supplies from the Russian Federation accounted for about 90% of the fuel purchased by Latvia.

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