The Kremlin called an increase in Russian gas supplies to Europe as a commercial issue

According to him, this issue depends on consumers' applications and Gazprom's readiness to supply additional volumes of gas.

“It depends on additional applications, depends on Gazprom's readiness to fulfill these applications, this is a matter of direct contracts between gas recipients and a supplier.

These are purely commercial issues, ”said Peskov.

Earlier, gas prices began to grow rapidly in Europe.

This happened after the German regulator suspended the certification of Nord Stream 2 AG as an independent operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Denis Badyanov, an analyst at Alfa-Capital, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, gave a forecast for gas prices.

In his opinion, the trend for rising gas prices in Europe may continue until the end of the week and beyond, since the winter period will begin soon and states will need more fuel to heat their homes and meet the needs of business.