OREANDA-NEWS. May 25, 2011. The chairman of the Moldovan-Russian enterprise "Moldovagaz Alexander Gusev told the reporters. According to company forecasts, rising gas prices for Moldova will continue in the III and IV quarter of this year.

As it was previously announced, the price of Russian gas to Moldova in the I quarter of 2011 was USD 288.71, and in IV quarter 2010 - USD 263.63 per 1 thousand cubic meters. m. In January-March 2011, Gazprom supplied to Moldova, including its Transnistrian region, about 1.13 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

According to the National Agency for Energy Regulation, Moldova without Transnistria region in the I quarter of 2011 reduced its purchases of Russian natural gas by 3.3% over the same period in 2010 - up to 526.5 million cubic meters.

The volume of gas consumption for the period decreased by 4.9% - to 482.5 million cubic meters. m. As it was previously reported, Moldova on January 1, 2011 began to acquire the Russian natural gas from Gazprom at average European prices without a discount factor.