Russia Slows Gas Flow to Europe on Final Day of Ukraine Transit Agreement

Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz energy company has elected to let lapse an agreement that saw Russian gas flow to other European nations.

The logo of Gazprom company on the facade of a business center in St Petersburg, Russia, on Jan. 26, 2022. Anton Vaganov/Reuters

Russian gas will stop flowing to Europe through Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2025, after Kyiv’s state-owned Naftogaz gas company elected not to renew a recurring contract to act as a transit point for Moscow’s energy exports.

For more than 40 years, Ukraine has served as a pipeline for Russian energy exports, through a partnership with the Russian state-owned Gazprom energy corporation.