Prime Minister of Latvia promised not to resume gas supplies from Russia

Riga previously imported 90% of the required volume of gas from RUSSIA, but the decision not to continue purchases will not be reconsidered, Karins said.He also called for a change in NATO's defense strategy and an increase in arms supplies to Kyiv.

Latvia does not intend to resume gas imports from Russia, despite the difficulties after the refusal of supplies; a way should be found to impose sanctions on Russian gas, said the HEAD of the Latvian government, Krisjanis Karins, in an interview with El País.

“About 90% of what Latvia imported last year was Russian, but we are no longer going to buy [Russian-made gas],” the Prime Minister of Latvia emphasized (quoted by TASS).

Karins expressed confidence that due to the decision of most European countries to continue buying gas from Russia, Moscow is able to finance a special operation in Ukraine and support the ruble exchange rate. He also explained that a special plan "in case of unforeseen circumstances" with the country's energy supply allowed to refuse to continue buying gas from Russia.

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Karins also called for a change in NATO's defense strategy towards Poland and the Baltics. According to him, she admits the loss of part of the territory in the event of an attack and its subsequent return. “It becomes clear that the option of ceding the territory even for a short period of time cannot be considered,” the Latvian Prime Minister emphasized. He added that the alliance should create a "progressive defense strategy" that would involve the constant presence of a large number of military personnel on the eastern flank.

“Peace can only be achieved through victory,” he assessed the situation in Ukraine, calling for more weapons to be supplied to Ukraine.

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Latvia stopped receiving Russian gas in early April, this was due to the decision not to obey Moscow's demands to use a new format for paying for deliveries with the opening of a ruble account with Gazprombank. This scheme applied to countries that the Russian government had previously identified as unfriendly, the list includes all EU countries, Ukraine, Micronesia, Singapore and others.

Now gas is supplied to Latvia through the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas terminal and the Inčukalns underground gas storage facility, the latter having “unusually a lot of gas for this period,” Uldis Bariss, head of the operator of the Latvian gas transmission system Conexus Baltic Grid (Conexus), said in early April. He assured that this allows not to worry about the energy security of Latvia in the next few months.

In early July, the Latvian gas company Latvijas Gaze warned of an increase in tariffs for households in the country for the use of natural gas, prices from July 1 will increase in the range from 65.6 to 89.9%.

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