Fuel and energy

 Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal, during a speech in the Ukrainian parliament, said that the "energy war"

The price of Brent crude oil futures by 4:30 Moscow time on September 24 reached $77.74 per barrel, which is a record level since July 6 this year

The candidate for Chancellor of Germany Annalena Berbock, against the backdrop of the situation with rising gas prices, accused the Russian authorities of seeking through "political pressure" to quickly obtain the remaining permits for Nord Stream 2.

The government decided to raise gas tariffs for industrial consumers in 2022-24 faster than the usual rate of three percent per year, as Kommersant writes.

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.