It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the auction data.

It is noted that prices are growing by almost 20% compared to the level of December 20.

According to the agency, by 17:20 Moscow time, prices were $ 2,052.3 per 1,000 cubic meters.

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Earlier, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, an expert at the National Energy Security Fund, lecturer at the Financial University under the Russian government, in an interview with RT, commented on the message about the rise in gas prices in Europe.

On December 20, Sergei Pikin, director of the Energy Development Fund, in a conversation with FBA Economics Segodnya, said that the decrease in Gazprom's transit through Poland and Ukraine was due to a reduction in European applications for Russian gas.