Minister of State Treasury: Poland will not participate in joint energy projects with Russia

Poland will not engage in any new energy projects related to Russian
gas, Polish Minister of the State Treasury Mikołaj Budzanovsky, supervising
the energy sector in the government, said in a radio broadcast.  "I
will never agree to the creation of any space for additional Russian
gas within Poland, it will never happen," Budzanovsky said.

His statement was a reaction to a recent statement made by the deputy head
of Polish PGNiG, Radoslaw Dudzinsky, on possible new Polish-Russian
energy projects due to lower prices on Russian gas offered by Gazprom.

At the same time, the minister noted a substantial discount on gas made
by Gazprom for Poland. As a result, Poland will pay $3.7
billion a year for gas instead of the previous $4.6 billion.