MOSCOW, December 10 In September, after a three-month break, the Netherlands again began purchasing liquefied natural gas from Russia, as follows from an analysis of the statistical data of this country.
During that month, Amsterdam purchased 211.5 million cubic meters of hydrocarbons from Moscow for 109 million euros.
Against this background in monthly terms, Dutch imports from Russia overall increased by 5.3 percent, to $410.5 million.
Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Rob Jetten reported in April that the government is working to stop imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia, including the country stopping signing new contracts for LNG supplies this year and seeking the termination of pre-existing agreements.
After this announcement in May, import volumes fell sharply — by almost 30 percent. and in June it stopped altogether. The pause lasted all summer, while there had been no breaks in purchases before.
In November, the head of the Ministry of Energy Nikolai Shulginov said that Russia itself did not “close” the western direction of energy supplies and remains a reliable gas supplier even in the current conditions.