MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russia has increased natural gas supplies to Europe through other routes after transit via neighboring Ukraine fell amid a pricing dispute, state monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said Saturday.
Kiev failed to agree to a new gas supply deal with Russia Wednesday, prompting Gazprom to switch off the taps to Ukraine. Since then, European nations - including Poland, Romania and Bulgaria - have reported a drop in Russian deliveries through Ukraine.
Boris Posyagin, who heads Gazprom's dispatch department, said in televised comments that gas shipments through the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which passes through Belarus, had been increased by 21 million cubic meters to 95 million cubic meters a day.
Deliveries through the Blue Stream pipeline via Turkey have risen to 40 million from 33 million, while an additional 6 million has been sent to Poland.
Gazprom said gas currently located in underground storage in Europe would also be tapped to make up for any shortfalls.
It said Ukraine is showing no interest in resuming negotiations at present