Bulgaria to pay 40% more for gas if it doesn't buy from Russia

The replacement of Russian gas with alternative gas will increase the price of the blue fuel by at least 40%, Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said on April 6.

He has been summoned to the Parliament's energy committee to answer topical questions.

Nikolov told BNT that he is not worried about the supply of oil and oil products, as the owner of our refinery in Bourgas is registered in Switzerland, despite the fact that the Russian oil group Lukoil is behind it.

"There is no room for panic and stoking tension in society," Nikolov added.