What happened? Applications for the transit of russian gas through Ukraine into Europe via the Slovakian border checkpoint Velke Kapusany rose to its highest level since the end of November on Monday.
Source. This was stated in the data of the Slovak operator TSO Eustream, reports Reuters.
Details. The data showed that the nominations through Velke Kapusany amounted to about 993,407 megawatt-hours (MWh) per day on Monday, the highest figure since November 30.
Background. Last week, russia cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria because of their refusal to pay in rubles, although Poland still receives russian gas via reverse flows from Germany along the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline.