Source link Austrian Energy Minister Leonor Gewessler has revealed a plan to eliminate the country’s energy reliance on Moscow in less than half a decade, the Kurier newspaper reported on Friday, citing the draft legislation. The sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict do not target gas imports. Nevertheless, Russian […]
Source link Germans should blame Moscow and not Berlin for high energy prices, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Friday. He claimed the embargo against Russia was necessary for defending Europe from “imperialism.” Speaking with Die Tageszeitung, Scholz defended his government’s policy of unequivocal support for Ukraine. “It’s about defending Europe’s peace […]
Source link French purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia have increased by a massive 75% since the beginning of 2024 compared to the same period a year ago, Politico reported on Thursday, citing data provided by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). In the first quarter of this year, […]
Source link The share of the fuel in the bloc’s overall imports amounted to 15% in 2023, calculations show The EU increased natural gas purchases from Russia in 2023, despite pledging to phase out all Russian fuel imports by 2027, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing calculations based on the bloc’s trade statistics. According to news […]
Source link The national economy has seen growth in industrial output, record employment and investments, Mikhail Mishustin has said The Russian economy is growing while becoming less and less reliant on oil and gas exports, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told lawmakers on Wednesday. The government’s revenue is increasing, allowing Moscow to finance growth and development […]
Source link Hungary can increase imports through the TurkStream pipeline, Peter Szijjarto has said Hungary no longer needs Ukrainian infrastructure for the supply of Russian natural gas thanks to the TurkStream pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. Budapest is among several EU members that continue to greatly rely on Russian gas deliveries, despite […]
Source link The new route will link the Power of Siberia and Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas circuits Russian energy giant Gazprom has begun work aimed at linking the country’s gas pipelines into a nationwide gas transportation system, the company announced on its official Telegram channel on Thursday. According to the announcement, the company launched construction of the […]
Source link Kiev has no plans to prolong the current contract with Russia on gas transit to the EU when it expires this year, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Sunday. Brokered by the EU, the current five-year deal was signed in 2019. Under the agreement, Russian energy giant Gazprom agreed to transit 65 […]
Source link Kiev has said that it has no intention of prolonging the current agreement with Gazprom, which expires at the end of this year Ukraine may continue the transit of natural gas from Russia through its territory after 2024 if EU countries request it, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has announced. Ukraine’s vast gas […]
Source link The current five-year contract between Moscow and Kiev is due to expire at the end of this year The European Commission is working hard to abandon Russian gas supplies that it receives through Ukraine, the commission’s spokesperson, Tim McPhie, has said. The EU’s gas transit contract with Moscow expires at the end of […]
Source link While the extension of the bloc’s 2022 emergency demand reduction was framed as a success, the impact has been severe Europeans must maintain the reduced natural gas consumption levels imposed in the wake of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector, according to a draft proposal from the European Council published on Tuesday. The proposal […]
Source link The demonstrators converged on EU headquarters where the bloc’s agricultural ministers were meeting on Monday Police fired tear gas to disperse protesting farmers near the European Council’s main building in Brussels on Monday, according to footage posted on social media. Farmers angry at what they perceive as excessive bureaucracy and competition from cheap […]
Source link The president says industrial heavyweights are moving their plants abroad where energy is cheaper, including the US The German government’s decision to switch from Russian gas to more expensive energy sources is having a negative effect on the country’s economy, President Vladimir Putin has said. He added that Western leaders had apparently hoped […]
Source link The covert operation required deep knowledge of the country’s infrastructure, a source has said Israel conducted clandestine strikes against two key natural gas pipelines in Iran this week, marking an escalation in the years-long standoff between the two states, the New York Times has reported. “Israel has long targeted military and nuclear sites […]
Source link Russian gas that is piped though Ukraine adds billions of dollars to Kiev’s coffers The EU has no intention of extending the gas transit contract with Russia via Ukraine when it expires at the end of this year, European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson told an EU Parliament committee meeting on Thursday. This comes […]