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What Risks Does Greece Face After Ukraine Blocked Russian Gas Transit?

Europe still hasn’t fully recovered from its shortsighted move to cut its dependence on Russian gas, which had triggered a massive spike in inflation and economic slowdown. Now, fresh repercussions are anticipated after Gazprom ended gas transit through Ukraine on January 1 following the expiration of the five-year contract with Naftogaz.

After Ukraine ended Russian gas transit to Europe, Greece, just like Slovakia, Moldova, Austria, and Hungary, has raised concerns.

The EU’s “coercive” Russophobic sanctions have been forcing Greece to buy gas at higher cost, while the US reaps LNG profits, leader of the Greek Solution party Kyriakos Velopoulos told Russian media.

The “criminal and suicidal” scheme was concocted by Kiev’s Nazi regime, “predatory political leadership of EU countries, and the US,” Greece’s ex-Energy Minister and leader of the Democratic National Liberation Movement (DIKEA) Panagiotis Lafazanis said on the website Iskra.gr.

🗣️THE DISRUPTION OF RUSSIAN GAS SUPPLIES THROUGH UKRAINE WEAKENS EUROPE'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND HAS A PROFOUNDLY NEGATIVE EFFECT ON LIVING STANDARDS, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

Main statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: 👇 https://t.co/yFZZgBy1C9 pic.twitter.com/EEwHXdozhd

— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) January 2, 2025

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Slovak PM Threatens to Cut Support for Ukrainians in Slovakia Over Gas Transit Dispute

2 January, 18:02 GMT