MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. European consumers’ requests for Russian gas edged up to 51.7 mln cubic meters by April 24, Gazprom Spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov told reporters. Gazprom continues supplying gas for transit to Europe as normal

"Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through Ukrainian territory as per normal in accordance with requests of European consumers - 51.7 mln cubic meters as of April 24," he said.

European requests reached the highest level of 109.6 mln cubic meters in early March.

On Saturday 48.6 mln cubic meters of gas were requested, which is over two times lower than deliveries under long-term booking for gas transit via Ukraine (around 109.5 mln cubic meters per day).