Gazprom's exports abroad, according to preliminary data, increased by 13.1% over nine and a half months, to 152.2 billion cubic meters of gas, the company said.

The first string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been filled with technical gas, and the second is being prepared for this, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 AG project said.

According to the Secretary General of the World Energy Council, the crisis in European energy and in other regions of the world is caused by an unexpected recovery in demand and a redistribution of the market.