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Russia’s pipeline gas exports to Europe fell 44% in 2025 to approximately 18 billion cubic meters, their lowest level since the early 1970s, following the end of transit via Ukraine and as the European Union moves to phase out Russian fuel imports, according to Reuters on December 30.
The outlet reported that the EU aims to stop importing Russian gas by the end of 2027, while Ukraine chose not to extend a five-year gas transit agreement with Moscow that expired on January 1, leaving the TurkStream undersea pipeline as the sole remaining route for Russian pipeline gas into Europe.
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Russia’s deliveries to Europe via TurkStream rose this year by about 7% from 2024 to 16.8 billion cubic meters, Reuters calculations based on Entsog data showed, with flows in December up 12.9% from a year earlier to around 56 million cubic meters per day.
Before the sharp decline in supplies following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, pipeline exports to Europe exceeded 175-180 billion cubic meters a year in 2018-2019, Reuters said, adding that Gazprom did not respond to a request for comment.
Reuters also cited Gazprom data showing the Soviet Union supplied 19.3 billion cubic meters to Europe in 1975, up from 6.8 billion cubic meters in 1973 during the early years of Siberian gas exports.
Earlier, it was reported that the European Commission was preparing a roadmap to remove Russian fossil fuels from the EU market and stop remaining Russian gas supplies.
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