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Gas price in Europe below $800 per 1,000 cubic meters in wait for supplies from Russia

On Novenber 10, gas pumping through the Yamal-Europe pipeline grew by almost 25% compared to the previous day

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The gas price in Europe dropped below $800 per 1,000 cubic meters in wait for the growth of supplies from Russia, according to data provided by London’s ICE exchange.

The price of gas futures for December delivery at the TTF hub in the Netherlands declined to $791.6 per 1,000 cubic meters.

Earlier in the morning, gas pumping through the Yamal-Europe pipeline grew by almost 25% compared to the previous day. In addition, Gazprom filed for Wednesday, November 10, applications for the maximum volume of gas transit through Ukraine under the contract in the amount of 109.3 mln cubic meters per day.

Earlier, Gazprom announced that it had approved and began to implement the plan for pumping gas into five European underground storage facilities for November.

President Vladimir Putin instructed Gazprom to increase supplies to the company's storage facilities in Europe after the completion of pumping gas into underground storage facilities in Russia on November 8. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller assured that the gas holding will fulfill this order.

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The inflation forecast for this year has been raised to 6.5-7%

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Russian forces liberate three settlements in past week

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A mop-up operation is underway

Russia launches work to develop sixth-generation fighter jet

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Nobody was injured

EC’s expropriation of proceeds from Russian assets to entail Moscow’s response

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Staff at Paris hotel housing IOC officials go on strike

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Vitaly Ganchev pointed out that Russian troops destroy mercenaries, as well as members of Ukrainian nationalist units, on a regular basis

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Second front of conflict with Russia to open in Georgia if opposition comes to power — PM

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Banning Muslim athlete from participating in Olympics opening ceremony segregation — MFA

Maria Zakharova emphasized that this case, as well as previous decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes show that the modern Olympics have nothing to do with the goals of the Olympic movement declared more than a century ago in Paris and contradict the Olympic spirit

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Russian firefighting gear accepted by Venezuelan oil company

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Lithuania prepares mass evacuation plan for war case

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All the residents were evacuated

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Ukraine uses Kharkov Region’s largest plants for needs of armed forces — official

Vitaly Ganchev stated that his automatically makes these enterprises targets for Russian forces

Russian tennis player Andreeva won first WTA title in career

She defeated her fellow countrywoman Elina Avanesyan

Russia to continue airstrikes in Syria until it takes out militants staging provocations

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Russia’s Obereg armor vest outshines US, Chinese rivals in tests

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Kiev exports Kharkov Region's factory capacities to western Ukraine — governor

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EC announces expropriation of first €1.5 bln worth of proceeds from Russian assets

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West finds it increasingly hard to ignore corruption in Ukraine — Russia’s UN envoy

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Russia's international reserves rise by $10 bln over week to $611.3 bln — Bank of Russia

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Russia does not see US elites through rose-colored glasses — Kremlin

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