Brussels Confirms the Russian Gas Ban Is Permanent — What CIS Traders and Their Gulf Counterparties

Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen told Hungary's 444.hu this weekend that the EU will not reverse its full Russian gas ban — scheduled to bite in November 2027 — even if a Ukraine peace agreement is signed. That single sentence, reported by TASS on 27 October, converts what many trading desks were still treating as a politically contingent regime into a permanent architectural fact of European energy law.

The calendar is now fixed. Short-term LNG contracts have been prohibited since April 2026.…