Bulgaria calls on the EU member states to develop common rules regarding the purchase of Russian gas. In particular, local authorities propose to publish the details of all European gas contracts with the Russian Federation.. This was stated by Prime Minister Kirill Petkov.

According to BNR, at a meeting with his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi, the Bulgarian official expressed the opinion that EU members should unite in order to establish the same procedure for purchasing Russian gas for all..

Gazprom sets different conditions for EU countries to pay for gas supplies. Only together we can solve this problem. Russia exerted absolute pressure on us to switch from euro to ruble. As I understand it, many other countries were offered much more loyal conditions, namely payment in euros. So, obviously there are different conditions for different EU members, so we think it's necessary to disclose all our contracts and discuss this issue.. Otherwise, the danger will continue to exist,” Petkov said..

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The Prime Minister of Bulgaria noted that the reason for the dual policy of the Russians on gas exports is the different scales of the markets. He believes that large markets (such as Italy and Germany) are offered better conditions, while smaller and more dependent on fuel from Russia are much worse..

Recall that at the end of April, Russia stopped gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland due to refusal to pay in rubles.

Prior to this, gas imports from Russia accounted for 90% of Bulgaria's annual consumption.

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