Former Deputy Energy Minister Yavor Kuyumdzhiyev noted that Sofia's national interests boil down to providing citizens with heat and electricity at affordable prices, and business - with the resources necessary for work.
“There will be chaos.
In 2021, Bulgaria used 3.2 billion cubic meters.
m of gas, of which more than 75% came from Russia, the rest - about 300 million - from Azerbaijan and about 250 million from various sources of liquefied gas, ”Dir.bg quotes him.
According to Kuyumdzhiyev, without supplies from Russia, the country will lose the necessary 2.5 billion cubic meters.
m of gas that cannot be replenished.
Chairman of the Board of the National Union of Bakers and Confectioners Mariyana Kukusheva noted that the reduction in fuel supplies will hit the baking industry - many factories will be forced to stop their activities.
Agriculture will also be under threat - entrepreneur Krasimir Kumchev predicts a collapse in sunflower and corn yields.
Earlier, Gazprom announced a complete suspension of gas supplies to the Bulgarian Bulgargaz and the Polish PGNiG due to non-payment in rubles.