Documents show that Eni, an Italian company, delivered Russian gas to Turkey in the last year.

Eni supplied gas to Turkey last year, according to documents published on the Italian energy company's website on Monday. This confirms that the company is still dealing with Russian gas, despite the suspension of supplies within Europe.

Documents show that in a response to a written question from an Eni shareholder, ahead of the AGM scheduled for Wednesday, the company stated that Algeria would be the largest gas supplier to the group by 2024. Norway and Russia were the next two biggest suppliers.

According to Eni's written response, Russian gas accounted 12% of its total gas supplies. It provided 6.2 billion cubic meters that were delivered through the Blue Stream pipe to the Turkish market. Eni revealed in its annual report published last month that the company had purchased some Russian gas during the past year, but did not specify the final destination.

Eni stopped selling Russian Gas on the European Market and launched arbitration against Russian Gas giant Gazprom in February 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Next month, the European Commission will propose legal measures that will phase out European Union gas imports, including liquefied gas, by 2027.

The EU has sanctioned Russian coal, most oil imports and gas, but not due to the opposition of Slovakia and Hungary. Both countries receive Russian pipeline supplies, and claim that switching to alternative energy sources would increase their prices.

All 27 EU member states must agree to sanction a country. (Reporting and editing by Gavin Jones, Susan Fenton and Francesca Landini)

(source: Reuters)