MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will prioritise gas supplies for its home market, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told a forum on Thursday.
Novak said that Gazprom plans to finish filling domestic storage by the end of this month, depending on the weather, and reiterated that no one in Europe has asked Russia to send additional gas to calm surging spot prices.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Katya Golubkova and Olesya Astakhova; Editing by David Goodman)
Alexander Valentinovich Novak is the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. Presently, he is Chairman at Transneft PJSC and Chairman of ROSSETI PJSC. Mr. Novak is also on the board of 5 other companies. In his past career he occupied the position of Deputy Governor at Province of Krasnoyarsk and Deputy Director-Personnel & Head-Polar Division at Norilsk Mining & Metallurgical Combine Named After Zavenyagin. He received an undergraduate degree from Norilsk State Industrial Institute and an undergraduate degree from Moscow State University Lomonosov.
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