Miller announced the first-ever artificial destruction of gas demand

 Miller said that in European countries for the first time in history, gas demand is deliberately destroyed. In this regard, Russia is oriented to the East, it has increased its supplies to China. The EU announced that it would overcome dependence on fuel from Russia.

In Europe, the demand for gas is artificially being destroyed, which leads to "deindustrialization" in some countries, said the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller at a meeting where the preliminary results of the year were summed up.

"The situation in Europe is well known to you. There, for the first time in the history of world energy, there is an artificial destruction of gas demand. To the primary energy carrier. Intentional, you imagine, the destruction of the demand for one of the most environmentally friendly energy products. This has never happened in history."

Alexey Miller

head of Gazprom

Miller noted that Russia is developing a partnership with countries "that are interested in a reliable energy supply," in particular in the East. He called China a "strategic partner." This year, deliveries there were one and a half times more than a year earlier, the volume will be more than 22.5 billion cubic meters of gas, which exceeds contract volumes.

In 2025, according to Miller, Russia will supply 38 billion cubic meters of gas to China in accordance with the contractual obligations of 2014 for supplies to the "Sile of Siberia".

In November, Miller said that Russian gas continues to flow to many European countries that had declared the abandonment of fuel from Russia. He noted that through Ukraine Gazprom supplies gas to the Austrian hub in Baumgarten, from where gas goes to other EU countries. He did not specify specific states. For example, Hungary and the Czech Republic receive gas from Russia. Oil supplies from Russia to European countries have also decreased significantly. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, responsible for the energy sector, said the day before, on December 27, that the share of oil and petroleum products supplies from Russia to Europe in total exports will be no more than 4-5%. Earlier, Russia exported about 40-45%, he noted. China accounted for 45-50%, said the Deputy Prime Minister, and about 40% - India. Among the EU countries buying Russian oil are Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

In March this year, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the European Union's dependence on Russian oil and gas was a thing of the past. In particular, she said, Russian gas exports to Europe fell by 80% in eight months. "Good friends" such as the United States and Norway helped the EU in this matter, von der Leyen specified. They supplied the European Union with pipe and liquefied gas.