Russia will supply additional gas to Hungary and China this winter

Russia's Gazprom will supply additional gas to Hungary and China.

Russian propaganda outlet TASS reports.

In 2023, additional gas supplies to Hungary will amount to 1.3 billion cubic metres.

"We have an agreement that we will supply additional volumes on an ongoing basis in the autumn-winter period next winter," said Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller.

Earlier, it became known that Russia's Gazprom also plans to supply China with an additional 600 million cubic metres of gas.

"We regularly supply additional volumes to the Chinese market. Moreover, we have been doing this for several years in a row," Miller said.

The TASS report also said that in 2022, Russia exported 15.5 billion cubic metres of gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline. Russian gas supplies in 2023 are expected to reach 22 billion cubic metres.

It will be recalled that on October 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for a visit to participate in the Belt and Road forum.