Fico to convince Ukraine to keep gas transit after 2024
Ukraine has categorically rejected extending the contract with Gazprom for transit through its gas transportation system, which expires at the end of 2024.
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Ukraine rejects extension of Russian gas transit after 2024
The previous pre-war contract on gas transit from Russia to the EU, mainly to Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria expires at the end of 2024.
Expert warns: “Azerbaijani” gas may mask Russian energy’s EU return
As China shatters the Kremlin’s dream to make up for lost gas exports to the EU, an unexpected new player enters the European gas chessboard. However, Baku’s gas offer is but a Trojan horse, warns energy expert Mykhailo Gonchar.
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.
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.
FT: Ukraine’s gas storage helps Europe avoid energy crisis
Ukraine's gigantic gas reserves that were built during the Soviet Union to ensure the Kremlin's gas monopoly on Europe are now serving the opposite goal: helping Europe get off the Kremlin's gas needle.
Over 40 European energy firms turn to Ukrainian facilities to store gas for winter
The companies transport their gas to Ukraine amid almost full European facilities and competitive prices.
US, EU support Ukraine’s energy security, condemn Russia’s weaponization of energy
On 7 February, the ninth meeting of the US-EU Energy Council concluded with the release of a joint…
Triple disconnection: how Russia seeks to destabilize Ukraine’s gas, electricity, and coal markets
Electricity and coal supplies Ukraine has a developed system of nuclear and thermal power plants. Although many thermal…
Hungary to continue blocking Ukraine’s NATO membership talks
Gergely Gulyás said it on 29 September at a government briefing, commenting on Ukrainian objections to the Hungarian-Russian…
How Ukraine can still defeat Nord Stream 2
Mykhailo Gonchar, President at Center for Global Studies “Strategy XXI,” provides eight steps Ukraine and the West should…
Two keys to defeating Nord Stream 2 lie in Poland
Poland and Ukraine vow to oppose Nord Stream 2 After the text of the deal was published on…
After Nord Stream-2: how Ukraine can protect its gas transit
Whether or not the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline will be completed is no longer a relevant question. The…
Mitigating the Nord Stream 2 impact on Ukraine
Read also: FAQ: Everything you wanted to know about Nord Stream 2 but were afraid to ask (2018)…
Ukraine teams up with Qatar in the gas sector
On April 5, Ukraine’s acting minister of energy, Yuriy Vitrenko, and his Qatari counterpart, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, signed…
Can the vessel Akademik Cherskiy finish Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction…
Russia pushes to complete Nord Stream 2 challenging US sanctions
While the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia has deployed two pipe-laying vessels to the Baltic…
Portnikov: The break in Putin’s pipe
According to the organizers of the commissioning ceremony of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, the participation of Vladimir…
Portnikov: Who in Ukraine is being bribed by Putin and Gazprom?
Even if literally the next day after the press release about reaching an agreement between Russia and Ukraine…
Ukraine’s Russian gas transit to the EU may end in 2020, depends on Nordstream-2
Read our 2018 FAQ: Russia’s March-2018 gas war attempt against Ukraine, explained What is Naftogaz and why it…