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France no longer receives Russian gas due to pipeline from Germany

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France does not receive Russian gas due to a pipeline from Germany/Word and deed

The head of the French gas transmission network GRTgaz announced that it will no longer receive Russian gas due to the German pipeline from June 15.

He explained that this was due to “the physical interruption of the flow between France and Germany”. receives from Russia about 17% of its gas entering the country through a pipeline or in liquid form on gas carriers. The vast majority of imported gas usually came through the pipeline between France and Germany.

According to GRTgaz data, since the beginning of the year, flows have been reduced by 60% and this import point has been operating at only 10% of its capacity. Two days later, supply fell to zero.

Meanwhile, France increased its oil imports from Russia

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have increased their imports of crude oil from the aggressor countries. A significant part of this fuel is re-exported in the form of petroleum products, including to the United States and Europe.

European buyers in France, Belgium and the Netherlands bought most of the short-term discount cargo by buying liquefied natural gas and crude oil on the spot market. These purchases are made outside of existing agreements. Most Russian fossil fuels are transported on European ships.

In the first 100 days of a full-scale war, Russia earned more than 93 billion euros

Thanks to the fact that countries continue to trade with Russia, from February 24 to February 3 June Russia earned 93 billion euros in revenue from the export of fossil fuels. And the EU countries imported 61% of this volume, worth about 57 billion euros.

The largest importers were:

  • China (12.6 billion euros ),
  • Germany (€12.1 billion),
  • Italy (€7.8 billion),
  • Netherlands (€7.8 billion),
  • Turkey (6.7 billion euros),
  • Poland (4.4 billion euros),
  • France (4.4 billion euros).
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  • and India (€3.4 billion).

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