Overview

• Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said long‑term forecasts point to an unusually cold winter occurring roughly once every 20 years, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum.
• He cited a potential benchmark of minus 25°C across the European part of Russia from Murmansk to Krasnodar, while withholding country‑level figures for Europe.
• Gazprom reported Europe’s underground gas storage at about 82.7% and said reaching the customary 90% pre‑winter goal looks unlikely.
• The company warned that severe cold could jeopardize gas supply stability and cast its core mission as ensuring a smooth passage through the autumn–winter period.
• A Moscow meteorologist separately said the capital’s winter is likely to be warm with a positive temperature anomaly, with December near or slightly below norms and last winter showing a +3.3°C seasonal anomaly.