2025 Slovak–Ukraine gas dispute

2025 Slovak–Ukraine gas dispute
Part of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present), the Russia–Ukraine gas disputes and the 2024–2025 Slovak protests
Natural gas pipelines from Russia to Europe.
Date1 January 2025 – 1 February 2025
Caused byExpiration of the 2019 gas transit contract between Russia's Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz
Resulted in
  • Cessation of direct Russian gas transit via Ukraine to Slovakia and other Central European countries
  • Heightened tensions between the Slovak and Ukrainian governments
  • Accelerated EU efforts to phase out Russian gas imports
  • Slovakia began importing Russian gas through TurkStream on February 1, 2025
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The Slovak–Ukraine gas dispute was a major diplomatic and energy security crisis that began on January 1, 2025, following the expiration of the five-year natural gas transit contract between the Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz.

The cessation of gas transit through the Ukrainian pipeline network, a route that supplied gas to several Central and Southern European countries, including Slovakia, led to a sharp dispute between the governments of Slovakia and Ukraine.

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