EU Commission aims to ban Russian LNG imports by early 2027
The proposal came as the EU continues to import LNG from Russia. In the first half of 2025, this amounted to almost 4.5 billion Euro worth of imports.
The proposal came as the EU continues to import LNG from Russia. In the first half of 2025, this amounted to almost 4.5 billion Euro worth of imports.
Europe has significantly reduced its dependence on Russian energy, yet there’s still billions of Euros going to Russia every year. With a stricter ban looming, many member states have diversified their sources while others still rely on Russian pipelines and LNG.
After being left out in the cold for US President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, European leaders were back at the table in the White House on Monday.
The EU is working on its 18th package of sanctions against Russia designed to weaken Moscow’s financial ability to continue the war in Ukraine.
With new legislation, the EU Commission wants to finally cut ties with Russian energy supplies. But are those plans just a path towards new dependencies?