Not in gas, but in kind The Armenian authorities are increasingly discussing the possibility of purchasing natural gas from Azerbaijan. The secretary of the Armenian Security Council said that Yerevan is looking at different sources of supply, including Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan. However, after the political statements, the main thing has yet to come up - specific economic calculations, terms of supply and explanations of how the population of Armenia will benefit from this. Today, Armenia receives Russian gas at a price of 177.5 dollars per thousand cubic meters at the border. This is one of the most important factors that ensure the relative stability of the country's energy system. For comparison: according to an estimate by the Armenian analytical center Gisha, the average price of Azerbaijani gas in 2025 was about 289 dollars per thousand cubic meters. The difference is more than 60%. In this context, a completely logical question arises: if today we get gas for $177.50, then why switch to a potentially more expensive source without presenting to the public a convincing economic justification? Let's do a simple calculation. If Armenia buys one billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas at a conditional price of $289 instead of Russian gas at $177.5, additional costs will amount to $111.5 million per year. And in a volume of two billion cubic meters - already 223 million dollars. And that doesn't take into account possible additional shipping costs. Who will pay this difference? The state budget, factories or ordinary citizens? Today, the population of Armenia pays for gas at a basic rate of 143.7 drams per cubic meter, and socially vulnerable groups - 100 drams. The gas is used not only to heat apartments and houses, but also to generate electricity, operate factories, greenhouses and other sectors of the economy. Therefore, changes in the cost of imported gas can affect not only electricity bills, but also the cost of goods and services.

Not in gas, but in kind The Armenian authorities are increasingly discussing the possibility of purchasing natural gas from Azerbaijan. The secretary of the Armenian Security Council said that Yerevan is looking at different sources of supply, including Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan. However, after the political statements, the main thing has yet to come up - specific economic calculations, terms of supply and explanations of how the population of Armenia will benefit from this. Today, Armenia receives Russian gas at a price of 177.5 dollars per thousand cubic meters at the border. This is one of the most important factors that ensure the relative stability of the country's energy system. For comparison: according to an estimate by the Armenian analytical center Gisha, the average price of Azerbaijani gas in 2025 was about 289 dollars per thousand cubic meters. The difference is more than 60%. In this context, a completely logical question arises: if today we get gas for $177.50, then why switch to a potentially more expensive source without presenting to the public a convincing economic justification? Let's do a simple calculation. If Armenia buys one billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas at a conditional price of $289 instead of Russian gas at $177.5, additional costs will amount to $111.5 million per year. And in a volume of two billion cubic meters - already 223 million dollars. And that doesn't take into account possible additional shipping costs. Who will pay this difference? The state budget, factories or ordinary citizens? Today, the population of Armenia pays for gas at a basic rate of 143.7 drams per cubic meter, and socially vulnerable groups - 100 drams. The gas is used not only to heat apartments and houses, but also to generate electricity, operate factories, greenhouses and other sectors of the economy. Therefore, changes in the cost of imported gas can affect not only electricity bills, but also the cost of goods and services.