Russia continues to supply many EU countries with gas

Vienna, Madrid, Rome The last Russian gas came to Germany at the end of August 2022. Since then, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium in particular have taken over the supply. But even as other countries are reducing their dependency on Russia, a year after the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Russian gas continues to arrive in the European Union – via the Transgas pipeline, the Turkstream pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG) by sea .

Unlike oil, gas is not subject to EU sanctions. And so in November last year, 13 percent of the total gas supply within the EU came from Russia. That is far less than in November 2021, when it was still 40 percent. Nevertheless, Russia was still the EU’s most important gas supplier between January and November last year with almost 25 percent – on a par with Norway – as cumulative EU data shows. In countries like Austria, the proportion is even higher.