Russia's Gazprom energy giant has considered the option of not exporting natural gas to Europe via Ukraine after December 31, 2024, in its internal plan for 2025.
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| Ukraine has repeatedly expressed its desire to terminate the agreement for the transit of Russian gas to Europe. (Source: AFP) |
According to Reuters , the scenario outlined in the plan is that Russia will not have a gas transit route through Ukraine next year. The plan is awaiting approval from senior Gazprom executives.
According to sources, in 2025, Russia's natural gas exports abroad, mainly to Europe and Türkiye, are expected to decrease by one-fifth, from this year's level of 49 billion cubic meters to below 39 billion cubic meters.
Meanwhile, Russian gas exports to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline are expected to reach 38 billion cubic meters next year.
Kyiv has repeatedly expressed its desire to terminate the agreement for the transit of natural gas from Moscow to Europe.
Meanwhile, Russia has repeatedly signaled its readiness to negotiate and continue transporting natural gas through this pipeline.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country is ready to continue pumping natural gas through Ukraine.
The gas transit agreement, set to expire on December 31, 2024, marks the end of more than half a century of gas transit from Siberia to Central European markets.
The export of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine has traditionally been a stable source of revenue for Russia.
Moscow's gas transit agreement also provides Kyiv with transit fees of up to $1 billion per year.
Before Russia's special military operation in Ukraine began (February 2022), Moscow was Europe's number one gas supplier. However, Russia lost almost all of its European customers as the European Union (EU) attempted to cut off its energy supply and after the Nord Stream pipeline was sabotaged in September 2022.
Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine have now decreased significantly. In 2023, Moscow transported approximately 15 billion cubic meters of gas through its neighboring Eastern European country – only 8% of the amount of gas Russia delivered to the continent via other routes during the peak period of 2018-2019.
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