BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 21 (UPI) -- An explosion in the southern Russian region of Dagestan at a gas pipeline in January did not affect the overall gas supply to Russia, Azeri officials said.
Russian TV channel RT reported last week that militants attacked a convoy in Russia's Dagestan republic, killing eight civilians and wounding four police escorts.
More than 200,000 people in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan were left without gas supplies following the bombing of a section of a gas pipeline in January.
The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic said the January explosion near the Russian section of a natural gas pipeline running through Dagestan had no impact on Azeri gas supplies to Russia, the Trend news agency reported Friday.
The Mozdok-Makhachkala-Kazi Magomed pipeline travels to Azerbaijan from North Ossetia through Chechnya and Dagestan.
Chechen rebels in the region have targeted several natural gas installations in recent months.
Azerbaijan in April transported about 3 billion cubic feet of natural gas to Russia. The pipeline has a capacity of 176 billion cubic feet per year.
