<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">India will today receive the first ever cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia as New Delhi diversifies import basket to meet its vast energy needs. <br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''Official sources said, State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd will bring the shipload of LNG from Gazprom, a Russian supplier, at Petronet LNG Ltd's import terminal in Dahej, Gujarat. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will receive the first consignment at the terminal. <br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''Beginning of supplies from Russia comes within weeks of India importing its first ever LNG cargo from US under a long-term import deal. <br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''GAIL had signed the original deal on August 29, 2012 with Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore. <br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''<br style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;" />''The deal was renegotiated in January this year with Gazprom to import 2.5 million tonnes of LNG a year.</span>