According to Eesti Ekspress, Estonia's government under Prime Minister Kristen Michal reportedly wants to coordinate with Latvia to shut down a backup gas pipeline supplying Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, after finding that operator Elering had kept it on standby. The Estonian section consists of two parallel 70 cm pipes, 22 km long, last used in autumn 2024; if Latvia refuses, Estonia could sanction Russian gas transit, though this could raise legal issues for Latvia and Lithuania. The main onshore Minsk–Vilnius–Kaunas–Kaliningrad pipeline has a capacity of 2.5 billion cubic meters a year, and Gazprom extended its transit deal with Lithuania's Amber Grid until 2030. Gazprom also has an LNG terminal near Kaliningrad that can meet the region's full needs in an emergency, while the exclave consumed 2.24 billion cubic meters of gas last year. Energy Minister Erkki Keldo said he worries Moscow will use the move to publicly criticize Tallinn.
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