
Gazprom's revenue from the sale of gas to Moldovagaz in 2020 amounted to 24 billion 179 million Russian rubles ($ 327.3 million).
At the same time, in comparison with the previous year, it decreased in Russian rubles by 19.2%, and in dollar terms - decreased by about 32.3%. According to InfoMarket, this follows from the financial statements of the gas holding for 2020 published by Gazprom. As noted, in 2019, revenue from the sale of Moldovagaz gas amounted to 29 billion 937 million Russian rubles ($ 483.6 million). The materials of "Gazprom" indicate that the official exchange rate of the Russian ruble to the US dollar, set by the Central Bank of Russia, as of December 31, 2020 was 73.8757 rubles for $1, and as of December 31, 2019 - 61.9057 for $ 1. It should be noted that in 2020 the purchase price of Russian gas for Moldova has significantly decreased. According to official data from Moldovagaz, the purchase price of Russian natural gas in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to $ 180.26 per 1,000 cubic meters, in the II quarter of 2020 - $ 168.28, in the III quarter of 2020 - $ 136.74. The gas purchase price in Q4 2020 is not listed on the company's website. But earlier, Moldovagaz noted that by the end of 2020, the average annual purchase price from Gazprom was $ 148.87 against $ 233.67 per 1,000 cubic meters a year earlier. As InfoMarket reported earlier, according to Gazprom, Russian natural gas supplies to Moldova in 2020 amounted to 3 billion 047 million cubic meters, an increase of about 5.4% compared to 2019. At the same time, as reported by the National Agency for Energy Regulation, Moldova (excluding Transnistria) in 2020, compared to 2019, increased the volume of purchases of natural gas in physical terms by 6.6% - up to 1 billion 127 million cubic meters. Herewith, in value terms, the volume of gas purchases in January-December 2020, in comparison with the same period of the previous year, decreased by 31.7% - to 2 billion 934.9 million lei, which was the result of a decrease by 35.9% of the purchase price of gas from 4064 lei (in lei equivalent, excluding VAT) for 1 thousand cubic meters in 2019 - to 2604 lei per 1 thousand cubic meters in 2020 // 30.04.2021 — InfoMarket