Energy Minister: Russian gas supplies to Romania cut 5 percent

Gas supplies from the Russian Federation to Romania were cut by 5 percent this Friday from the planned amount, with the Russian side offering no motivation, Minister-delegate for Energy Razvan Nicolescu told AGERPRES.

"Gas flows expected for delivery from the Russian Federation to Romania decreased this Friday by 5 percent from the planned amount. This is about small amounts, anyway. We received no official notification as to the reason of this reduction," Nicolescu said.

The Minister called a meeting at 4:00 p.m. today with Transgaz, Petrom and Romgaz representatives to look into the newly created situation.

On Thursday gas companies in Poland and Slovakia announced that Russian gas supplies were cut by 24 percent and 10 percent, respectively, as to contract figures.

A new set of EU sanctions against Russia came into effect this Friday. The new sanctions expand the number of Russian oil and military production companies banned from raising investment in European capital markets. AGERPRES