(Giorgi Menabde – The Jamestown Foundation) On January 14, Russian energy giant Gazprom announced its natural gas supplies to Georgia increased by more than 40 percent between 2024 and 2025. Russian natural gas supplies to Georgia have been growing steadily since 2021, strengthening Moscow’s influence over Georgian energy supplies. Moscow has repeatedly wielded energy access to exert pressure on Georgia. In 2006, during a crisis in Russian–Georgian relations, Russia completely cut off fuel supplies to Georgia following a suspicious gas pipeline explosion in North Ossetia. The Georgian opposition and independent experts say that an increased share of Russian gas in Georgia’s energy market will lead to greater deference to Moscow. Georgia’s increasing Azerbaijani natural gas supplies, in contrast, have historically strengthened the country’s pro-Western development.
Gazprom Increasing Natural Gas Exports to Georgia – Jamestown
