Armenia is currently paying for Russian natural gas 35 percent more than is claimed by its government, according to the latest import data released by the Armenian customs service.
The information posted on the service's website on Thursday says the country imported 304.6 million cubic meters of Russian gas worth $74.4 million in the third quarter of this year. This translates into a gas price of roughly $244 per thousand cubic meters, compared with $180 per thousand cubic meters declared by the Armenian government.
Similar customs data for the first half of this year suggested that Armenia paid Russia's Gazprom gas monopoly $220 million per thousand cubic meters of gas imported through neighboring Georgia. This fuelled media speculation about a secret rise in the gas price.
Armenian News
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