Russian media reports say the county’s gas giant Gazprom has dramatically increased its exports to the United Kingdom during the first five months of 2015, nearly doubling shipments.
The 91.5-percent increase in natural gas exports to the UK--which equates to 3.85 billion cubic meters – was reported by the company’s CEO Alexei Miller on Wednesday.
Other countries in the European Union – desperate to reduce dependence on Russian gas – have also begun importing more energy supplies from Russia.
Gazprom’s business with Poland jumped by 35.6 percent from January to May 2016, while Germany (10.4 percent), France (35 percent), Austria (21.3 percent), Greece (85.8 percent), the Netherlands (103.8 percent) and Denmark (139.3 percent) also upped their orders by significant amounts, OilPrice.com reports.
