I was called to the National Investigation as a witness regarding the suspension of supplies by Gazprom and the subsequent negotiations.

I have no information if I will be called in for questioning again, they may possibly ask for additional documents, but I will fully cooperate.

This was stated in the studio of "This morning" on bTV, the acting minister of energy, Rosen Hristov

Rosen Hristov has a master's degree in international economic relations from the University of California after his examination at the National Academy of Sciences.

He announced that the previous government of Kiril Petkov bought gas 30% more expensively

Rosen Hristov was summoned for questioning by the National Investigation

Then the gas was bought at the exchange price, now we buy it 50% cheaper than the exchange.

Their accounts brought Bulgaria to this result.

These people (the former rulers, note ed.) do not know how the stock market works, added Minister Hristov.

According to him, the former energy minister, Alexander Nikolov, gave instructions to "Bulgargaz" to stop the import of gas from "Gazprom Export", as well as not to undertake payment measures under the new currency conversion scheme.

The Minister of Energy hopes for supplies from Gazprom, he did not say whether we will open an account in rubles

All other European countries continued to pay under the new scheme and still do, only Bulgaria refused to pay for gas supplies in rubles, he explained.

Rosen Hristov

Rosen Hristov has a master's degree in international economic relations from the University of California continued his criticism of the previous government, commenting that the actions of their cabinet led to the energy crisis and that they found "complete chaos".

He added that there were contracts that were concluded in violation of the Energy Act.

Alexander Nikolov published a background story of the "Gas Crisis", predicted a hard winter

On the occasion of his resignation requested by GERB leader Boyko Borisov, the Minister of Energy replied that he had no intention of resigning, as the caretaker government had achieved "great results" in less than three months.

We are an expert office, not a political one.

We achieved results in the "Energy" sector.

The interconnector, for example, was so far behind that they wouldn't finish it for another year, Hristov said.

When asked why "Bulgargaz" proposes to increase the price of gas in December, the minister replied that there is a greater demand during the winter period.

"Bulgargaz" proposes to increase the price of gas in December

He once again emphasized that Bulgaria neither exports nor resells oil.

We export petroleum products, or more precisely, these are residual products produced by the refinery in Burgas.

These residual products are exported to third countries because we have nothing to do with them, explained Minister Hristov.

Rosen Hristov

Gazprom

Bulgargaz