Our money for gas does not end up in Russia - Lithuanian energy minister

Published date29 July 2022
Publication titleLETA

VILNIUS, July 29 (LETA--BNS) - No money paid for gas by Lithuania is going to Russia, Lithuania's Deputy Energy Minister Albinas Zananavicius said on Friday, after Latvijas Gaze (Latvian Gas) has resumed purchasing natural gas from Russia.

However, the official admitted that gas flows from different countries could be mixed in Latvia's Incukalns underground gas storage facility, where Lithuania also stores its winter gas stocks.

"It is not about the origin of the molecules, but about where the financial flows go," he told BNS. "The Incukalns facility contains both Norwegian gas and gas from other sources; of course they mix. But the financial flows do not go from Lithuania (to Russia)."

ccording to Zananavicius, Lithuanian companies purchase gas only from domestic gas suppliers, which receive it through the Klaipeda LNG terminal.

"Lithuanian companies buy gas only from Lithuanian suppliers. To our knowledge, there are no contracts with Latvian companies," the vice-minister said.

"Since Lithuanian gas suppliers buy gas only from the terminal and certainly not from Russia, there is no such risk," he added.

In late June, Lithuania passed a law banning Russian natural gas imports into the country, except for gas transit via its territory to the...

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