The Republic of Belarus started an intake of Russian gas, supplied through its territory to the European Union countries. It was announced on Wednesday, April 23, by a source close to the government of the Russian Federation. According to him, "the intake has already begun". "It happened in the afternoon", the source said.
At the same time, he stated that «there is hope that the crisis could be solved in near future». According to him, at present, the government of Belarus with the participation of heads of relevant ministries and agencies are carrying out a meeting to draw up draft «resulting document», PRIME-TASS informs.
Nevertheless, representatives of Belarusian Ministry of Energy refuse to give any comments. «There will be no comments so far, at the time Ministry of Energy is working out an official position», the press secretary of Belarusian Ministry of Energy, Lyudmila Zenkovich, reported, Belarusian partisan informs.
As Telegraf previously reported, press office of the company — gas supplier, Lietuvos dujos, reported on June 23 that deliveries of Russian «blue fuel» to Lithuania and Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation through Belarus were reduced by 30%. As specified in the company, the changes in gas supplies began to occur around 12:00 of local time.
