Europe LNG Switch: How the EU Broke Russian Gas Dependence

Russia supplied 152 bcm of gas to the EU in 2021 (45% of imports). By 2025 that had fallen to about 36 bcm (12%) — a drop of roughly 116 bcm. Europe closed tha…

EU Russian Gas Ban Regulation Enters Into Force

The EU's stepwise Russian gas import ban entered into force on February 3, 2026, with restrictions applying from March 18. Russian LNG faces a full ban by end of 2026, p…

Ukraine Ends Russian Gas Transit — Russian Gas Falls to 36 bcm

Ukraine let its 60-year gas transit deal with Gazprom expire on January 1, 2025. By year-end, Russian gas imports had fallen to about 36 bcm (12% of EU imports), while L…

Russian LNG Imports Rise Even as Pipeline Gas Collapses

Even as Russian pipeline deliveries fell toward a single-digit share, Russian LNG exports to the EU kept growing — up roughly 60% over three years, since LNG moved throu…

Germany's Floating LNG Terminals Come Online

Brunsbüttel entered operation in 2023, joining Wilhelmshaven 1 (running since December 2022). TTF gas prices fell back from their August 2022 record above €300/MWh as ne…

Invasion, REPowerEU and the Nord Stream Explosions

Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered sanctions and Gazprom supply cuts. The Commission adopted REPowerEU in May 2022. Gas demand fell a record 55 bcm (13%) for the yea…

Russian Gas Peaks at 152 bcm, 45% of EU Imports

In 2021 the EU imported about 152 bcm of Russian pipeline and LNG gas combined — 45% of everything it bought from abroad. This is the baseline figure the European Commis…

Crimea Annexation Prompts the First Diversification Talk

Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea prompted the EU's first serious conversation about over-reliance on one gas supplier. Actual diversification barely moved for the next…

The 2009 Russia–Ukraine Gas Dispute

A pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine cut gas transit to more than a dozen European countries for two weeks in January 2009, leaving parts of Southeastern Europe…