so are you weaning yourself completely off russian gas right now, or not? yes the majority of our supplies are coming from a liquefied natural gas facility in lithuania. our companies, other traders are pumping gas from lithuania into latvia. but my question is quite simple are you still taking in russian gas? there are traders who are taking in russian gas into the latvian underground storage facilities. the relative volumes to lithuanian gas are very small, and there is already a law in parliament that, as of 1 january you will not be able to continue. yeah, but i m not really interested in 1january right now, i m interested in the current situation. estonia, lithuania are not receiving russian gas you are. many people here believe that s because you ve done a deal to pay, for the moment, for russian gas in roubles, have you? no, we cannot.
it would be violating all sanctions. as a matter of fact, one of the traders which is buying gas from russia i don t know how they re doing it, maybe through an offshore. you don t know how they re doing it? surely, you must know how they re doing it, you re the prime minister! ..is an estonian company, an estonian company is also purchasing. but you are the prime minister. you oversee a government which is committed to maintaining sanctions on russia. you say you are going to stop using russian gas. but at the same time, you acknowledge that you re still receiving russian gas how can this be? because the law is passed that we will not, and you cannot receive russian gas after 1 january. you currently cannot pay for any russian gas in roubles, and no company is doing that. we also have a financial sector which is making sure no rouble payments are being made. there are traders who are finding a different way through, apparently offshore companies that are still having some. and you