Germany, a traditional leader in terms of purchases of Russian pipeline gas in Europe, continued to actively increase the pace of Russian gas purchases in March 2021, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service data released on Tuesday. In March, Germany increased Gazprom's gas supplies by 66.3% compared to March 2020, to 4.44 bln cubic meters. In February 2021, purchases of Russian gas by Germany grew at the same rate. Italy placed second in terms of purchases of Russian pipeline gas in the European Union in March and bought 1.28 bln cubic meters of gas (a decrease of 41.5% in annual terms, but an increase of ... (full story)