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Editorial: El País
Jan. 3, 2025
- The Russian gas stopped flowing to Europe through Ukraine in 2025. Ukraine decided not to renew the contract with Gazprom.
- Dependency on Russian gas caused a crisis in the European energy model.
- Traditional pathways to Russian gas have been closed, leaving Turkey under the Black Sea as the main connection.
- The EU has seen a historical high in arrivals of liquefied natural gas, counterbalanced by their efforts to sanction and limit Russia's war resources.
- Tension among allies and disagreements in EU internal policies towards Russia are escalating, underscored by threats of electricity supply cuts to Ukraine.
- The revenue from Russia's gas and oil account for about a third of their budget.
Conclusion: Reducing Europe's energy dependency on Russia is crucial. Steps promoting autonomy and transition to a more sustainable and renewable system should be amplified. Applying tougher sanctions around gas and oil is vital to weaken Moscow's funding for the war and to shore up Ukraine.