Bulgaria's contract with Gazprom for the supply of Russian gas expires today and could not be extended. This is reported by the local edition of "

“Our country has not received blue fuel under this contract since the spring, when Russia stopped deliveries, citing the fact that Sofia refused to pay according to the scheme demanded by Moscow (in rubles - ed.). Whether our country will go to arbitration because of the underdelivered volumes of Russian gas has not yet been decided,” Zlateva stressed..

According to her, now there are no commercial relations between the companies, and it is not known whether they will resume..

“Whether the relationship has ended is still unknown, but there will be no commercial relations between Bulgargaz and Gazprom under the contract expiring from January 1, 2023,” Denitsa Zlateva added..

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Recall that back in October, Europe declared independence from Russian gas..