In January–June 2025, exports of natural gas from the Russian Federation to the European Union dropped to 8.33 billion cubic meters. Compared to the same period in 2024, this represents a 47% decrease, reports the Baltimore Chronicle citing Reuters.
According to Russian media estimates, this is the lowest gas export volume from Russia to the EU since the early 1970s. The decline occurred despite a slight increase in deliveries through specific routes.
In particular, the volume of Russian gas transported via the TurkStream pipeline reached 37.6 million cubic meters per day in June 2025, down from 46 million cubic meters per day in May. Nevertheless, in the first half of this year, gas exports through the TurkStream rose by nearly 7% compared to the same period in the previous year.
Due to the sharp drop in exports to the EU, Russia has accumulated a surplus of gas that it is currently unable to sell or repurpose effectively.
Gazprom, which has not released its own monthly statistics since the beginning of 2023, did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
According to Gazprom data and Reuters estimates, Russia delivered about 63.8 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe via various routes in 2022. In 2023, this figure fell by 55.6% to 28.3 billion cubic meters but increased again in 2024 to approximately 32 billion cubic meters.
Earlier we wrote that Hungary blocks EU Council statement on Russian gas and oil ban.