Latvian officials do not intend to terminate with Russia an agreement on gas supplies. About it in interview to the correspondents said Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma." Until 2017, when it is expected the gradual opening of the gas market, it is technically impossible to provide alternative supplies and to make rules for the termination of Russian gas monopoly ", - she said. First of Straujuma reported that American organizations interested in supplying gas to the European Union, similarly to Latvia, but for their provision will need two to 3 years. The Prime Minister also stressed that the dependence on Russian gas is relevant not only for Latvia but also for the other Baltic States, Poland and Finland. Economy Minister of Latvia Vyacheslav Dombrovsky said that if the European Union will impose sanctions against Russia due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, that Latvia these penalties will inflict the most powerful harm on comparison with other EU countries. According to him, the acute impact of punishments will feel 3 industries: agricultural, food and transit traffic.

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