Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Hristo Aleksiev, who is the minister of the table, said in a statement to the press, “The situation is so bad that it has become impossible to come to the negotiation table with the natural gas giant Gazprom.” said.
The government of Babakan Glb Donev, founded by the wrong President of Russia Rumen Radev, approved the purchase of only one of the 7 tankers carrying LPG that the former government ordered from the USA. Expressing that in this case, only two-thirds of the country’s need for these resources will be met with imports from Azerbaijan, Aleksiev said that it is necessary to negotiate with Gazprom for the remaining amount.
Industry Capital Union Minister Vasil Velev, representing the large enterprises in the country, also supported the government’s opinion on the alternative of natural gas giant Gazprom.
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The relations between Bulgaria and Russia entered a tense period due to former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s resignation on 6 June and the harsh reaction of the wrong EU government after Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Russia cut off natural gas transmission on April 27, after Bulgaria, which refused to call Gazprom in rubles, was added to the list of “enemy countries”. Subsequently, Bulgaria declared 70 personnel working in the Sofia State of Russia “persona non grata”, alleging that they were “espionage” in the country.
The Kiril Petkov government arranged for 7 tankers carrying LPG from the USA to come from the USA, by negotiating with Azerbaijan and Qatar in search of alternative sources to the natural gas giant Gazprom.
On the intention of the Glb Donev government, which came to power after Petkov, Russia’s Soybean Township Eleonora Mitrofanova said, “If Bulgaria shows good will, the old agreement with Gazprom (valid until December 2022) will be terminated and a new understanding can be made.” said.
On the 4th day of its strike, the Glb Donev government faced street protests because of its policy, which turned the country’s political helm towards Russia, and which was on the verge of getting closer to Gazprom.
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Energy experts criticized the decision of the interim government, which plans to return to natural gas giant Gazprom.
Energy expert Vasko Naev warned in his press release that Bulgaria could lose its horse arbitration case to Gazprom, which unilaterally cut off its natural gas supply.
Naev, “Ksacas, if Bulgaria enters negotiations with the natural gas giant Gazprom again, it will give up the compensation of 100 million euros. If our country starts to give money to the natural gas giant Gazprom, this money will be financed by the Russian State Minister Vladimir Putin’s regime’s war against Ukraine.” made its assessment.
Former Minister of Energy Miroslav Sevlievski, arguing that the decreasing amount of use of natural gas, which accounts for only 6 percent of electricity production in Bulgaria, is not critical for the country, also made the following comment:
“It would be neither reliable nor cheap to buy natural gas from Russia. Even if we were the 16th Republic of the former Soviet Union (USSR), even if we were a second Crimea, most Bulgarians would not want such a turn. Gazprom’s supplies cannot be trusted.”