The German government stated that it does not know whether gas is coming into the country from Russia.

The German authorities do not know whether Russian gas continues to flow into the country, said a representative of the German Ministry of Economy. He explained this by the fact that private companies supply the country with energy resources – they are the ones who enter into supply agreements.

“Treaties gas supplies are concluded by companies, these are private agreements, they are not negotiated by the federal government. Therefore, we do not have a complete picture of how companies ensure gas supplies,” TASS quotes a representative of the German Ministry of Economy.

“We are in favor of not importing Russian gas into Germany in the form of liquefied natural gas. But, as I already said, agreements are concluded by companies. Shipment takes place partly in Germany, but there are also many other points of supply into the European gas system, so that individually it cannot be tracked,” he said.

Answering a question about ensuring control over compliance with the sanctions regime against Russia, he noted: that it is “a constant work in progress”.

“Adjustments are constantly being made to achieve this goal as clearly as possible, namely, that the Russian state does not receive income through such trade transactions. We are very closely monitoring how these sanctions are implemented, whether there are ways to circumvent them, whether adjustments need to be made,” the official said.

Earlier it became known that in the first seven months of this year, Germany sharply increased imports of petroleum products from India by 12 times. It is Indian oil refineries became one of the main buyers Russian oil.

The German government did not comment on the data on a significant increase in imports from India.

Meanwhile, European publications note a sharp increase in imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia. For example, supplies from the Russian Federation came out on top in Spain. And this despite the fact that in words the government of this country is against imports from Russia.

As for Germany, the local press notes big problems in a number of industries due to lack of energy resources From Russia. This, for example, affected the production of fertilizers, which rose sharply in price. And as a result, German farmers buy Russian fertilizers because they are much cheaper.