Czechs sending Slovakia equivalent of 15 percent of daily gas consumption

The Czech Republic’s largest gas distributor RWE Transgas has begun sending four million cubic metres of natural gas a day to Slovakia, equivalent to 15 percent of the latter’s daily consumption. Slovakia is normally 100-percent dependent on gas from Russia and is one of the states hardest hit by the current crisis. A spokesperson for RWE Transgas said the Czech Republic itself had sufficient supplies and there would be no need to ration gas.