Moscow, December 10 – According to the analysis of statistical data from the Netherlands, the country has resumed purchasing liquefied natural gas from Russia in September after a three-month break. In that month, Amsterdam acquired 211.5 million cubic meters of hydrocarbons from Moscow, amounting to 109 million euros. Against this backdrop, Dutch imports from Russia as a whole increased by 5.3 percent in monthly terms, reaching 410.5 million dollars. Netherlands’ Minister for Climate and Energy Affairs, Rob Jette, had previously announced in April that the government was working towards ceasing the import of liquefied natural gas from Russia. This included the country’s decision to halt signing new contracts for LNG deliveries this year and seeking the termination of existing agreements. Following this statement, import volumes sharply decreased by almost 30 percent in May and completely halted in June. The pause lasted throughout the summer, despite no previous interruptions in purchases. In November, the Head of the Ministry of Energy, Nikolai Shulginov, stated that Russia itself did not “close” the western direction of energy supplies and remains a reliable gas supplier even under current conditions.
