Fuel and energy

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on Washington's demands for Gazprom to increase gas transit through Ukraine to Europe.

On the eve of the launch of the Nord Stream-2, Russia is close to a historical maximum in gas supplies to Europe, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

Gazprom did not reserve the volume of additional capacities for gas transit through Ukraine in October, according to data from the Hungarian trading platform RBP.

The first results of the elections in Germany, which will begin on September 26, will be summed up in a week. By this time, the German Federal Network Agency may not have time to approve the launch of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.

Russia has the largest gas reserves in the world, said Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller.

This was stated by the chairman of the Management Board of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko.

This is evidenced by the data of ICE Futures trading.

Alternative fuels will not cost less than traditional, this opinion was expressed by Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin at the international forum "Innovative technologies and intelligent transport systems in road construction".

Another record was set by the price of natural gas on the European market.

Political obstacles may stand in the way of commissioning the fully completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Marina Tsygankova, senior gas analyst at the international analytical company Refinitiv, told RIA Novosti.

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was fully completed on Friday morning, Gazprom said on its official Telegram channel.

According to Vladimir Putin, high gas prices in Europe are explained by the policy of the previous European Commission.

Consultations on the extension of gas transit through Ukraine after the expiration of the current contract have begun in Moscow.

This is reported by the Bloomberg agency, citing it's sources.

Rainer Seele, the former head of the Austrian oil company OMV, also spoke about the imminent completion of the construction.