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Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days

Planned maintenance on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia pipeline necessitates the temporary halt.

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Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days

What this story says

  • Natural gas supplies from Russia to Armenia will be suspended between September 15 and September 25.
  • The suspension is due to planned maintenance on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia pipeline within Russia.
  • Gazprom Armenia has assured that domestic reserves and Iranian imports will maintain uninterrupted supply to consumers.
  • Armenia imported 82% of its natural gas from Russia in the previous year.

Who covered it

Left 15%(1)Centre 23%(5)Right 62%(8)

Percentages are shares of the 14 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 15 of the 29 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

74/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

12/100

29 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 1 of the 14 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Natural gas supplies from Russia to Armenia will be temporarily halted from September 15 to September 25. The interruption is necessary for planned maintenance and repair work on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia main gas pipeline, according to Gazprom Armenia. The company stated that this work will be carried out on Russian territory.

Gazprom Armenia has indicated that the suspension will not compromise the reliability of gas supplies to Armenian consumers. The company plans to utilise domestic reserves and additional natural gas imports from Iran to meet demand during the maintenance period. Armenia imported 82% of its natural gas from Russia in the previous year.

Duration of suspension

Some reports state the suspension will last for 10 days, while others indicate it will be for 11 days. Anadolu Ajansı and vz.ru report an 11-day suspension, from September 15 to 25. BizToc reports a 10-day repair period. Devdiscourse, EADaily, Life.ru, oreanda-news.com, Interfax.ru, and 1prime.ru also state the dates as September 15 to 25, implying an 11-day period without explicitly stating the duration in days.

What the coverage left out

None of the centre or right-rated reports printed below mention the specific figure for Armenia's natural gas imports from Russia in the previous year. The centre-rated report from Devdiscourse mentions Armenia's heavy reliance on Russian gas, with 82% of its supply imported from Russia last year, but this figure is not present in the right-rated reports.

Tags:#Russia#Armenia#Energy#GasSupply#PipelineMaintenance

Coverage settled. We checked this 27 times and stopped on 19 Sept 2026, 15:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

  • Both The Moscow Times and Meduza reported that Gazprom will halt natural gas deliveries to Armenia for scheduled maintenance on the North Caucasus‑Transcaucasia pipeline. The suspension is set to begin on 15 September 2026 and last until 25 September 2026.
  • The Moscow Times led on Gazprom Armenia’s announcement that the pipeline shutdown will run until 25 September 2026, with domestic reserves and additional imports from Iran covering demand. It noted that Russia supplied 2.7 billion cubic metres to Armenia in 2025, at a discounted price of $177.5 per 1,000 cubic metres, and cited Putin’s call for a referendum on Armenia’s EU or Eurasian Economic Union alignment.
  • Meduza led on the suspension dates and said Gazprom Armenia promised “uninterrupted and reliable gas supply” from reserves and Iranian imports. It recalled a shutdown in September 2025, noted strained Moscow‑Yerevan relations before the June election, quoted Prime Minister Pashinyan on high gas mark‑ups and Gazprom profits, and mentioned Dmitry Peskov’s offer of a market‑based preferential price. Meduza omitted the 2025 volume and price figures cited by The Moscow Times.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated report from Devdiscourse led with Armenia bracing for the gas suspension. It stated that Gazprom's Armenian subsidiary announced the temporary halt due to maintenance on a Russian pipeline, scheduled from September 15 to September 25. The report noted that Armenia would rely on domestic gas resources and Iranian supplies to meet demand during this period. It also highlighted Armenia's heavy reliance on Russian gas, with 82% of its supply imported from Russia last year, and underscored the close energy ties and dependencies between Armenia and Moscow.

Right

8 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports from Anadolu Ajansı, EADaily, Interfax.ru, and vz.ru all led with the suspension of gas supplies from Russia to Armenia. Anadolu Ajansı reported the suspension would last for 11 days, from September 15 to 25, due to planned maintenance on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia pipeline. It stated that Gazprom Armenia said the interruption would not affect the reliability of gas supplies to consumers, who would be supplied through domestic reserves and Iranian imports. EADaily and Interfax.ru also reported the dates of the suspension and the reason for planned preventive work. Vz.ru reported an 11-day suspension due to planned repairs, noting that supplies would stop from September 15 to 25.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days?
Of the 14 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 15% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 62% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 29. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 14 rated outlets on this story, 15% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 62% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days biased?
Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days is one event reported by 29 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Russia to Suspend Gas Supplies to Armenia for 10 Days?
29 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
When will Russian gas supplies to Armenia be suspended?
Russian gas supplies to Armenia will be suspended from September 15 to September 25. This period is for planned maintenance and repair work on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia pipeline.
Why are gas supplies being suspended?
The suspension is due to planned maintenance and repair work on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia main gas pipeline, which is located on Russian territory.
Will Armenia face gas shortages during the suspension?
Gazprom Armenia has stated that the interruption will not affect the reliability of gas supplies to Armenian consumers. Domestic reserves and additional volumes of natural gas supplied from Iran will be used to ensure uninterrupted supply.

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