"Everything was drained into the toilet": Russia has lost Europe's gas market in one year - the media

According to journalists, the Russian gas monopolist Gazprom has reduced its income from export to Europe in one year almost twice. The revenues of the Russian Federation from the sale of gas to European countries in 2023 can double. About it writes Reuters with reference to your own calculations.

One of the former managers of the Russian company Gazprom in an interview with journalists said that "the work of hundreds of people who have built an export system for decades has now been drained into the toilet. " Following the start of a full -scale Russian invasion of gas, gas exports to Europe decreased significantly. Although the sanctions of the event were not concerned with pipeline gas, Russia itself limited its supply under far -fetched drives.

Gazprom reported that gas was exported to European countries at 100. 9 billion cubic meters in 2022. m, 45% less than the previous year. The fall of gas exports continued in January 2023, according to journalists, last month the Russian gas monopolist earned $ 3. 4 billion on exports, while in the same period of 2022 the profit amounted to $ 6. 3 billion. Europe decreased to 7. 5%, although it was at least 40%as early as 2021.

Earlier, Focus reported that in January 2023, India and China were the largest oil importers from Russia. According to the media, from January 1 to January 15, exports of Russian oil from the ports of the Baltic Sea to Asia increased by 27% compared to the same period of December 2022.