Gazprom assures EU of gas supplies
Russian natural gas giant Gazprom will not suspend supplies to EU countries via Ukraine, the company's CEO Alexey Miller said on Saturday.
“Gazprom will do everything to ensure that European consumers have no problems,” Miller told Russian TV station Rossiya-24, referring to the the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Last week Gazprom threatened Ukraine with suspending gas supplies on June 3, if the country fails to pay in advance for June transfer. Miller said that his company would send as much gas as Ukraine had paid for and the whole amount that it is obliged to transfer further to EU states.
EU countries import about one fourth of total consumed gas from Russia. About half of that amount is transferred through Ukraine.
