Fatih Birol made his comments while taking questions from reporters in Finland.
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"What helped us this time, [is that] we still imported some gas from Russia in the last few months," he said. In addition, China had imported "less gas than it would have otherwise" due to what Birol called "very sluggish economic performance." "So this winter is difficult, but next winter may also be very difficult as well," he said, adding that preparations for the latter period needed to start today.
, but in a report published on Monday, the IEA said gas exports from Russia to the European Union had seen a significant decline this year.
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