Serbia fears EU ban of Russian gas will affect its imports too

Belgrade/Brussels, 20 October 2025, dtt-net.com – Serbia officials say today’s decision of EU governments to completely ban import of Russian natural gas and LNG as of January 2028, will potentially impact its imports through Russia-owned pipeline in Bulgaria.

Serbian officials said today that even if Serbia would find a solution to continue with imports of Russian gas, the EU decision will likely cause price increase for the country…

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No Russian nat. gas + LNG as of Jan 2028:
EU govs decide imports of Russian gas to be prohibited from 1Jan'26, while maintaining a transition period for existing contracts. Short-term contracts of before 17/06/'25 continue until 17/06/'26, long-term contracts to end on 1/01/'28

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