<p>New Delhi: Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Sunday said that Moscow is prepared to resume gas supplies to Europe via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, which was previously suspended due to "political reasons".</p> <p>“The European market remains relevant, as the gas shortage persists, and we have every opportunity to resume supplies. For example, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which was stopped for political reasons, remains unused,” Novak told Russian state news agency TASS on Sunday.</p> <p>"Even now this market is not closed. For example, we were able to significantly increase LNG supplies to Europe this year; they have increased to 19.4 billion cubic meters in 11 months of 2022, and we expect 21 billion cubic meters by the end of the year," he mentioned.</p> <p>According to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, there is an increase in demand for gas from Europe.</p> <p>“Today, we can confidently say that there is a demand for our gas. Therefore, we continue to consider Europe as a potential market for the sale of our products. It is clear that a large-scale campaign was launched against us, which ended with acts of sabotage against Nord Stream,” he told TASS.</p> <p>Russia has been in an energy standoff with Europe after its Ukraine invasion in February.</p> <p>In May, Gazprom stopped supplies through the Yamal-Europe pipeline running across Poland and stopped sending gas to a distributor in Germany. This was done 44 hours after Ukraine reduced the flow of natural gas across its territory into Europe citing interference by Russian troops.</p> <p>Gazprom was compelled to end supplies due to sanctions on its parent company, EuRoPol GAZ, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.</p> <p>In December, the West to East gas supply from Germany to Poland was also temporarily halted, “falling to zero,” as per TASS.</p>
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