This year "Gazprom" expects to record an increase in the supply of Russian natural gas to Europe.

"Once again I want to emphasize the increase in the volume of gas supplies of "Gazprom" for the export, in particular, into our largest market - the European market. Last year the delivery volumes increased by 8% to 159.4 billion cubic meters of gas. Germany showed an absolute record in the purchase of Gazprom's gas - 45.4 billion cubic meters of gas. And since the beginning of the year Germany bought almost 2 billion cubic meters more than in the same period last year. Europe bought somewhere 10.7 billion cubic meters more than within the same period of 2015 ", - the head of the Russian gas holding stated.