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Moldova increased purchases of Russian gas by 7% in 2021, but paid for 87%

Moldova (bbabo.net), - "Moldovagaz" purchased last year 1.205 billion cubic meters. m of Russian gas - by 78.7 million (7%) more than a year earlier. This is evidenced by the data of the National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE), in monetary terms, purchases increased by 2.2 times - up to 6.594 billion lei ($370.4 million) due to an increase in the purchase price from 2,604 to 5,469 lei per thousand cubic meters, reports infotag.md

"Moldovagaz" released to consumers 1.205 billion cubic meters. m of gas (+15.2%) by more than 6.665 billion lei (+40.6%). At the same time, he collected over 7.881 billion lei from consumers for his services (+58.7%). This is 1.286 billion lei more than the company spent on the purchase of Russian gas.

The main part of the gas was consumed by the energy sector - by 3.661 billion lei (+96.1%) and the population - by 2.591 billion lei (+41.4%).

The level of consumer settlements amounted to 118.2% (+13.5 percentage points), while Moldovagaz itself paid for the gas purchased from Gazprom by 87.6% against 109.4% in 2020.

Moldova increased purchases of Russian gas by 7% in 2021, but paid for 87%