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Hungary blames Ukraine for EU gas price surge after Russian transit halt

Ukraine’s decision to stop Russian gas transit has led to Hungarian criticism over rising energy prices and potential economic fallout for Central Europe. However, the EU's official data shows no consequences.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian-backed Transnistria rejects EU gas despite supply crisis

Breakaway region faces energy crisis and rolling blackouts while banking on Russian gas resumption, rejecting Moldova's offer of European supply alternatives

byOlena Mukhina

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ISW: Ukraine’s gas transit halt to cost Gazprom $6 billion as Turkstream becomes only route to EU

Gazprom is likely exploiting the halt of gas transit through Ukraine to engineer an artificial energy crisis and destabilize Moldova, ISW states.

byYuri Zoria

"They won't do this," says Ukraine's energy chief as Slovakia threatens power cut

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“They won’t do this,” says Ukraine’s energy chief as Slovakia threatens power cut

A Russian gas transit deal expiring in January 2025 has sparked threats from Slovakia to cut power exports to Ukraine, but alternative suppliers are already lining up.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Gazprom begins halting Ukraine transit as Europe’s Russian gas era ends

As Gazprom starts reducing gas flow through Ukraine, the current deal is set to expire with a complete halt of deliveries scheduled for 1 January.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Russia not immune in Ukrainian arbitration case, rules US federal judge

11 Ukrainian gas retailers secured a favorable ruling in a DC court to enforce $34 million arbitration award against Russia following a dispute related to Moscow's Crimea invasion.

byYuri Zoria

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Why toppling Assad in Syria wasn’t about gas or pipelines

While pundits focus on potential gas pipelines through Syria to Europe, the real story behind Assad's fall lies in Turkey's patient wait for Russia's influence to weaken.

byMykhailo Honchar

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Ukrainian Navy strikes Russian-controlled gas platforms in Black Sea with marine drones

Vice Admiral Oleksii Neizphapa confirms Ukrainian marine drones successfully neutralized enemy infrastructure in the Black Sea.

byMaria Tril

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Reuters: Gazprom does not plan gas transit through Ukraine in 2025

Earlier, Kyiv declared it will not negotiate a renewal or a new deal, as the 2019 Naftogaz-Gazprom gas transit agreement nears its end.

byOlena Mukhina

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Satellite imagery reveals ongoing fires at Russian-occupied offshore gas platforms in Black Sea

Some fires at the captured Ukrainian rigs continue for over two years.

byYuri Zoria

Russia's “Azerbaijani Gas” Ploy Threatens to Unravel EU Sanctions on Moscow

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Russia’s “Azerbaijani gas” ploy threatens to unravel EU sanctions on Moscow

Energy expert Mykhailo Gonchar exposes Russia's audacious plan to rebrand its gas as "Azerbaijani" for transit through Ukraine, revealing how Kyiv faces mounting pressure from Moscow's European proxies to accept a deal that could shatter Western sanctions.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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“War tax” on Russian LNG is key to starving Kremlin’s war chest

As Russia's military budget swells to nearly 8% of GDP, policy analysts urge the EU to implement a targeted customs duty on Russian LNG imports

byBenjamin Looijen

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Ukraine’s gas storage open for EU use, Naftogaz CEO assures despite Russian attacks

Ukraine's Naftogaz CEO assures the EU of available gas storage capacity despite recent Russian strikes on facilities, emphasizing advantageous conditions for European companies.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine’s Kursk offensive sparks gas price surge, benefiting Russian coffers

A recent 13% spike in European gas prices, triggered by Ukraine's counter-invasion of Russia's Kursk Oblast, is set to boost Russian fossil fuel revenues beyond the total EU aid to Ukraine.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine in talks to transit Azeri gas to EU as Russian alternative

Russian gas transit agreement set to expire at the end of 2024 and unlikely to be renewed.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

Trypilska power plant Russian missile attacks Ukraine's power grid

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CEPA: Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s gas storage threaten Europe’s reserves, Kyiv’s transit exit plan

Researchers predict that some European states will exert pressure on Kyiv to maintain "business as usual" with Moscow.

byOrysia Hrudka

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European Council approves law introducing criminal penalties for sanctions violations amid Russia’s weapons trade

The new law aims to strengthen enforcement measures against entities involved in circumventing restrictions.

byOlena Mukhina

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Lviv Mayor: Gas explosion in private house kills 3, injures 4

There are children aged 11 and 12 among the injured. The body of a woman around the age of 70 was found in the adjacent house.

byMaria Tril

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NORSAR: Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia damaged by explosion

Balticconnector ensures gas transportation between Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, helping these NATO countries reduce dependence on Russian gas.

bySerge Havrylets

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Ukraine’s state company opened 58 new gas wells in 2023, making Ukraine independent from gas imports

New gas wells have a total average daily output of 5.3 million cubic meters of natural gas. Ukraine's Naftogaz company says Ukraine will pass the 2023-2024 winter without imported gas for the first time ever.

byBohdan Ben