MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The European Union paid the maximal sum for Russian pipeline gas since last January in September 2026, according to TASS calculations based on Eurostat data.

In September 2026, the EU imported Russian gas worth 1.28 bln euro in total. Pipeline gas purchases stood at 783 mln euro in that volume.

The TurkStream gas pipeline remains at present the only active route of Russian pipeline gas supplies to Europe.

Hungary (261 mln euro), Bulgaria (230 mln euro), and Greece (166 mln euro) take the lead in natural gas purchases. Slovakia purchased gas from Russia worth 127 mln euro.

The European Union paid in total 4.9 bln euro for the Russian pipeline gas during nine months of this year, compared to 4.6 bln euro a year earlier. Main buyers were Hungary (2 bln euro), Bulgaria (1.2 bln euro), and Greece (1 bln euro).