MOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. European consumers’ requests for Russian gas rose to 65.4 mln cubic meters by April 29, 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 - 65.4 mln cubic meters as of April 29," he said.

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

On Thursday, 62.9 mln cubic meters of gas were requested, which is lower than deliveries under long-term booking for gas transit via Ukraine (around 109.5 mln cubic meters per day).