Moscow - The decision by Gazprom to thwart reverse supplies of gas to Ukraine from European countries by reducing their supplies to the contractual minimums resulted in cuts of up to 50 percent for some countries in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The cutbacks affected Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria, as well as countries that played no role in the reverse supplies to Ukraine: Italy, Romania, Slovenia, France and Turkey, according to Gazprom data.
One exception to the rule was German, which received 4 percent more gas from Russia in Q4 2014.
Gazprom also said trade volumes on the LNG market continues to rise.
