Ministry: Czechia not dependent on Russian gas despite jump in imports

Czechia is not dependent on Russian gas, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has told Czech Television. This is despite the fact that official figures show that imports of gas from Russia have risen sharply; some recent reports have suggested that over 60 percent of total gas imports in January came from that country.

Some imports into Czechia are of gas from Slovakia, which may come from Russia, Czech Television said. A representative of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade told the station that some of this could be gas that was in storage in Ukraine during the summer, or other transit gas.