“It is not entirely clear why gas supplies to an actively “unfriendly”, that is, hostile state should continue, especially since it itself has refused them,” Pushkov wrote in Telegram.
Earlier, the Russian ambassador to Sofia, Eleonora Mitrofanova, said that Russia was ready to restore gas supplies to Bulgaria, subject to the requirements of Gazprom.
The contract is valid until the end of this year.
Candidate of Economic Sciences Alexander Danilov, in an interview with the FBA "Economy Today", what difficulties the Bulgarian economy will face if it refuses Russian gas and switches to LNG from the United States.
According to him, liquefied natural gas is not a salvation for countries that are used to getting fuel through pipelines.
On August 9, Energy Minister in the Bulgarian government, Rosen Hristov, told bTV that the Bulgarian side could start buying gas from Gazprom again.