How does the Russian gas cut affect Poland and Bulgaria?


In total, 14 European countries import more than 50% of the gas from Russia, which is also one of the main suppliers for more than twenty countries. Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Moldova lead the list with 100% dependency, according to data from the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). It is followed, with more than 90%, by Finland, Georgia and Latvia, and with percentages greater than 70% by Estonia, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Behind are Croatia (68%), the Czech Republic (66%), Austria (64%), Germany (55%) and Greece (51%). Around the average is Italy, which buys about 46% of the gas it consumes from Moscow, ahead of Lithuania (41%), Poland (40%), Slovenia (40%), Hungary (40%), France (24%), the Netherlands (11%) and Romania (10%). For the rest of the countries, Russia is not among its three main gas suppliers, according to ACER statistics; This is the case, for example, of Spain, which acquires more quantity from countries such as Algeria, the United States and Nigeria.


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