Energy Insights

EU steams ahead with plans to ditch Russian gas

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June 16, 2025

The EU aims to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, but how realistic is this? While the phase-out is a key step in cutting funds for Russia’s war in Ukraine, the nuts and bolts of how this could be achieved remains uncertain and complex.

Reporting by Laurence Walker, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Montel News. Contributors: Kateryna Filippenko, Research Director, Global Gas Markets at Wood Mackenzie; Robert Songer, LNG Market Analyst at ICIS.