concerns – In a few days, Ukraine will no longer authorize the transit of Russian gas through its territory towards European countries
The transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory will soon end. This decision announced by Volodymyr Zelensky will affect Slovakia, Moldova and to a lesser extent Hungary, which remain dependent on imports.
Currently, Russia sends its gas to Europe via two routes, since the sabotage of Nord Stream in September 2022 in the Baltic Sea. The first is the TurkStream gas pipeline and its extension, Balkan Stream, under the Black Sea, to Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.
The second route crosses Ukraine under a contract established in 2019 for five years between the Ukrainian companies Naftogaz as well as GTSOU, and the Russian giant Gazprom, and it is this which must be cut on January 1, 2025. The volume passing through this route amounted to 14.65 billion m3 in 2023, or just under half of total Russian gas exports to Europe, according to official figures.
Slovakia on the front line
Unlike Austria, which still imported 90% of its gas from Russia this summer, the Slovaks “want to maintain” their contract with Gazprom, Andras Deak, an expert at Ludovika University in Budapest, explains to AFP. The nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico went to Moscow last weekend, Volodymyr Zelensky (…) Read more on 20minutes
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