The cost of September futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands fell to $ 509 per thousand cubic meters.

m or € 42.5 per MWh, while the day before trading closed at $ 562 per 1,000 cubic meters.

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The decline in prices occurred against the background of the appearance in the system of the European gas transmission operator Gascade of data on the pumping of gas through the exit point of Nord Stream 2 in Germany between 15: 00-17: 00 Moscow time, writes TASS.

According to Interfax, later a Gascade spokesman promptly denied this information.

On August 16, the price of gas in Europe during the auction almost reached $ 580 per 1,000 cubic meters.

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Head of the Center for Analysis of Strategy and Development Technologies of the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas.

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Gubkin Vyacheslav Mishchenko commented on gas prices in Europe.