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Eurostat data reflects current gas import statistics by EU countries.
France has again taken first place among the European Union (EU) countries in importing Russian gas. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Eurostat.
It turned out that this EU country increased purchases of this energy carrier in annual terms by 2.1 times. Deliveries were estimated at 364.9 million euros.
Hungary is in second position. It reduced imports by 7 percent year on year and brought them to 171.4 million euros. Russian gas supplies to Greece were estimated at 132.4 million euros. Bulgaria also increased its purchases of Russian gas. They grew 1.8 times and cost Sofia 118.8 million euros.
At the same time, Belgium, which was in first place in June, moved into fifth place with a result of 91.6 million euros. Slovakia bought 89.6 million worth of Russian gas, and Spain – 77.9 million.

The massive use of preferential loans will lead to the need to keep the key rate at an increased level, said Andrei Gangan, director of the monetary policy department of the Bank of Russia.

The World Trade Organization has warned of the risk of global market fragmentation and a drop in global GDP of up to 6.9% if multilateral cooperation collapses.

Russians can get a discount of up to 10 percent when renting an apartment in large cities. In Moscow, the discount is 3-5 percent, in St. Petersburg - 5-7 percent, and in other cities with a population of over a million - 5-10 percent.

To stabilize the market, it is necessary to lift illegal sanctions from all suppliers of oil and petroleum products, as well as solve the problem of navigation safety for oil tankers, said Dmitry Peskov.

Over the seven months of 2026, the EU imported €8.6 billion of Russian gas, which is 2.6% lower than last year. The volume of pipeline gas amounted to 3.4 billion euros, LNG - 5.15 billion euros.

Russia's GDP growth in the third quarter is in line with the Central Bank's forecast, with annual economic growth expected to range from zero to one percent. Andrey Gangan reported this.