Improving Local Living Standards

The primary vehicle for this effort is the Regional Policy Concept of PJSC GazpromApproved by resolution of the Management Committee of OJSC Gazprom No. 32 dated May 22, 2003.. The Concept seeks to lay economic, legal, and organizational groundwork for the overall strategy of social and economic development of the Gazprom Group entities across their footprint. A cornerstone of the Gazprom Group’s regional policy is its gas infrastructure expansion program that not only greatly enhances living standards but also stimulates business activity and industrial development throughout the regions. By opening new enterprises, expanding capacities, and building out the gas transportation system, the Gazprom Group creates new jobs for a host of specialists.

Regional agreements enable the Gazprom Group to address various social and economic tasks, bolster the creation and development of infrastructure. The Group also sets the scene for stable and promising operation of the Unified Gas Supply System based on a mutually beneficial partnership with Russian regions.

In the reporting year, Gazprom signed and updated cooperation agreements with the governments of the Kaliningrad, Novgorod, and Orenburg Regions. The Company also entered into a Cooperation Agreement with St. Petersburg for 2025–2027.

Cooperation agreements with municipal administrations are in place in almost all regions across Gazprom subsidiaries and entities’ footprint. The agreements are aimed at ensuring cooperation with the regions within the framework of PJSC Gazprom’s strategic projects, strengthening relations and expanding business ties of PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries and entities with enterprises, organizations, and municipal authorities in the Russian regions.

BRINGING VICTORY SYMBOLS TOGETHER

Gazprom keeps expanding its gas infrastructure, hooking up hundreds of settlements – mainly villages and rural communities – to the gas grid. For local residents, access to natural gas as an energy resource delivers substantial financial savings relative to previous expenditures on firewood, coal, or costly electric heating. Gas heating, water heating, and household applications boost housing comfort levels in rural areas, while ensuring settlement energy security. Gas infrastructure expansion also stimulates business activity and industrial development. In addition, the replacement of old coal thermal power plants and boiler houses with modern gas stations helps cut atmospheric emissions and improve both environmental conditions and public health.

• The transition from coal‑fired CHPPs and boiler facilities to state‑of‑the‑art gas‑fired stations enables a reduction in pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. This reduces the negative impact on the environment and improves people’s health.
• Gas delivers steady heat and hot water to homes, bringing city‑level comfort to rural communities. With gas available, greenhouses, farms, and other facilities can be heated efficiently, which creates jobs and boosts local incomes.
• Modern gas equipment provides highly reliable heating. When used properly, it reduces the risk of fires. Gas supply runs around the clock and is not affected by weather conditions, which guarantees energy security for communities.
• Gas is a cost‑effective choice in densely populated regions with well-developed infrastructure. The cost of heat generated from gas is typically lower than that from coal, diesel fuel, or electricity. The decision to switch consumers to gas is made when drafting regional fuel and energy balances for constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

• 29.8 million flats and private houses;
• 10,000 agricultural sites;
• 42,300 industrial facilities;
• 395,300 utility facilities.

In 2025, gas supply and gas infrastructure expansion programs for the constituent entities of the Russian Federation were carried out in 72 regions of the country.

In 2021–2025, as part of the additional gas infrastructure expansion in the cities and towns participating in the Clean Air project, more than 35,700 private households were provided with a technical possibility of being connected to gas supply, with over 26,000 households actually connected to gas.

In 2025, Gazprom signed 272,200 contracts, under which gas networks were extended to the boundaries of 274,900 households, and 330,700 households were actually connected.

In 2025, there were 1,897 requests from healthcare and educational facilities submitted through the single operator portal, of which 63% were accepted and the rest were rejected, mainly due to the lack of title documents for land plots and capital construction facilities. Gazprom Mezhregiongaz signed 1,161 contracts with social institutions, of which 807 were performed with gas infrastructure expanded up to their boundaries, and 331 contracts – with gas supplies launched.

As of December 31, 2025, to ensure utility connection of social institutions, gas distribution companies within the Gazprom Group entered into 882 contracts, expanding gas networks to land plot boundaries under 670 contracts and supplying gas under 304 contracts.

As of December 31, 2025, 61,661 connection contracts were signed for hooking up gas appliances to the distribution network under the gas infrastructure expansion program for households in horticultural non-profit partnerships. Of these, 16,814 contracts were completed to the property line, and gas was turned on under 8,191 contracts.

Gas distribution companies within the Gazprom Group signed 42,819 contracts with horticultural non-profit partnerships by December 31, 2025, completing gas network expansion to land plot boundaries under 11,564 contracts and supplying gas under 5,600 contracts.

WHERE EXPERIENCE MEETS A TRUE CALLING