MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The share of Russia’s LNG supplies to unfriendly countries amounted to almost 79% in 2023, according to Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov’s presentation to the meeting of the State Duma’s energy committee.

Meanwhile, the share of gas exports to unfriendly countries fell to 24.1% in 2023 from 49.2% in 2022, while the share of exports of gas to friendly countries rose to 75.9% from 50.8% in the previous year.

The share of LNG supplies to friendly countries equaled 21.3% last year (up from 15.4% in 2022), while the share of unfriendly countries totaled 78.7% compared with 84.6% in 2022, according to the presentation. In 2021, supplies to friendly countries accounted for 17.8%, while deliveries to unfriendly countries accounted for 82.2%, while in 2020 those shares equaled 10.5% and 89.5%, respectively.

The share of coal supplies from Russia to unfriendly countries decreased to 18% last year from 39.8% in 2022, while deliveries to friendly countries surged to 82% from 60.2%.