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Putin’s ally aims to sneak Russian gas into Europe as Uzbek

Ukrainian security sources have exposed a scheme by Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko, a close Putin ally, to disguise Russian gas as Central Asian and sell it to the EU, using Uzbek businessman Bakhtiyor Fazilov as a front, sources told NV on March 26.

26 March 2025, 10:55 AM

Germany weighs ceding Nord Stream 2 ownership to US, resuming Russian gas imports — report

Germany is considering the possibility of transferring control of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to the United States, a move that could pave the way for renewed Russian gas supplies to Europe, Bild reported on March 20.

20 March 2025, 09:46 PM

Germany rules out Russian gas pipeline revival, calling it 'wrong direction'

German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck dismissed the idea of reviving the Nord Stream pipelines to restart the flow of Russian gas to Germany, calling it "absolutely the wrong direction", Reuters wrote on March 17.

17 March 2025, 02:39 PM

EU Commission postpones Russian fuel phase-out plan

The European Commission has postponed announcing its plan to gradually end the region’s reliance on Russian energy imports for a second time, shifting the date from March 26 to TBD, according to Reuters.

6 March 2025, 01:07 PM

EU firmly denies talks on reviving Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Restoring the damaged Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea is not a “project of common interest” and therefore is not considered by the EU, the European Commission stated on March 5.

6 March 2025, 02:09 AM

Gazprom’s gas exports to Europe via Turkish Stream hit record high

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe via the Turkish Stream pipeline hit a historic high in February, exceeding 55 million cubic meters per day, The Moscow Times reported on Feb. 28.

28 February 2025, 04:30 PM

Russia's Gazprom increases gas flow through TurkStream to record levels

Gazprom has set a new weekly record for gas transit through the overland extension of the TurkStream pipeline, the Strandja-2 compressor station on the Turkiye-Bulgaria border, with volumes exceeding 390 million cubic meters from Feb. 3 to 9, the Russian business outlet Kommersant reported.

12 February 2025, 12:47 PM

Moldova says Transnistria has an alternative to Ukrainian gas transit

Transnistria can receive Russian gas the same way Slovakia does, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

8 February 2025, 10:51 AM

Russia evacuates Orenburg gas plant amid aerial threat

Russia has evacuated the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant amid an aerial threat, the Center for Countering Disinformation head, Andrii Kovalenko, wrote on Telegram on Feb. 3.

3 February 2025, 10:45 AM

Fico induced Slovakia’s energy crisis to benefit the Kremlin, journalist suggests

Prime Minister Robert Fico has engineered Slovakia’s energy crisis, in alignment with Russia’s foreign policy interests, Ukrainian journalist and political analyst Vitaly Portnikov said in an interview with Varosh on Jan. 30.

31 January 2025, 12:23 AM

The end of Russian gas transit changed nothing for Europe - Czech MFA

The halt of Russian gas transit through Ukraine had no significant impact on Europe, while Moscow’s loss of influence over gas pricing is its major defeat, the Czech Foreign Ministry said, Ukrinform reported on Jan. 29.

30 January 2025, 11:54 AM

Zelenskyy blasts Slovak PM over Russian gas alliance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico for choosing Russia as his country's strategic gas supplier in a Jan. 28 Telegram post.

29 January 2025, 09:14 AM

Fico calls Zelenskyy an ‘enemy of Slovakia’

Slovak PM Robert Fico has once again escalated his rhetoric over the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “our enemy,” according to a report by Slovak newspaper Dennik N on Jan. 28.

28 January 2025, 11:51 PM

Nord Stream pipelines should be dismantled after Ukraine war, Polish president says

The Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines, which were damaged in an act of sabotage in 2022, should be entirely dismantled after the end of Russia's war against Ukraine, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Jan. 27.

27 January 2025, 08:08 PM

Orban criticizes Ukraine for halting Russian gas transit, threatens retaliation

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban reiterated his dissatisfaction over Ukraine not renewing the natural gas transit contract with Russia’s Gazprom, during a visit to Slovakia on Jan. 21.

22 January 2025, 12:33 AM

Fico seeks Turkey's help to secure Russian gas supply

Slovak PM Robert Fico and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed a plan to deliver Russian natural gas to Slovakia via Turkey, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 20.

21 January 2025, 01:18 AM

Fico says he may meet with Zelenskyy in coming days

Slovak PM Robert Fico may meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming days to discuss Slovakia’s grievances related to Kyiv halting the transit of Russian natural gas, Fico said on Jan. 16.

16 January 2025, 08:44 PM

Fico vs. Zelenskyy: Slovak PM stirs gas transit scandal to rally voters

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is deliberately politicizing Ukraine’s decision to stop transiting Russian gas to Europe from 2025, linking it to Slovakia’s internal political dynamics, Slovak political analyst Martin Lendel told NV on Jan. 14.

15 January 2025, 01:10 PM

Kremlin’s secret plan: Druzhba pipeline shutdown was in the works years before Ukraine war

Russia began discussing plans to shut down the Druzhba pipeline system as early as Jan. 2007, oil and gas analyst Mikhail Krutikhin said in an interview with the Russian opposition outlet Novaya Gazeta on Jan. 10.

13 January 2025, 02:36 PM

EU aiming to phase out Russian gas by 2027, secures first contract from Romanian offshore field

The European Union plans to phase out Russian gas by 2027 and Germany has secured its first contract from the Romanian offshore gas field Neptun Deep, Reuters reported on Jan. 7, citing sources.

9 January 2025, 12:41 PM

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