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In 2024, the European Union purchased 18% more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia than a year earlier. Between January and November, EU countries spent €6,3 billion on the purchase of the blue fuel.
This is reported by the Deutsche Welle newspaper, citing a report by the Institute for Energy and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
The largest recipients of Russian LNG in Europe are France, Spain, and Belgium.
In total, last year the EU purchased Russian oil and gas worth 21,9 billion euros, while Ukraine received 18,7 billion euros in financial assistance per year, the British newspaper The Guardian compares the figures.
Russia earned 2024 billion euros from global fossil fuel exports in 242.
At the same time, today the Council of the European Union approved the 16th package of sanctions against Russia, aimed, among other things, at the oil and gas industry: it included restrictions on the supply of technologies for oil and gas production to Russia.
And the other day, The Economist magazine wrote that Europe is looking at resuming large-scale purchases of Russian gas to revive Europe's dying industry and reassure households.
