EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027

The European Commission has published a "roadmap" outlining its plans to extremity Europe's reliance connected Russian vigor successful the coming years.

Under the plans, imports of each Russian state and liquefied earthy state to European Union subordinate states volition beryllium banned by the extremity of 2027.

"No much volition we licence Russia to weaponise vigor against us... No much volition we indirectly assistance capable up the [Kremlin's] warfare chests," European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen said successful a quality league successful Strasbourg connected Tuesday.

In effect to the plans, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Reuters quality bureau connected Tuesday that Europe was "shooting itself successful the foot".

The EU vowed to extremity its vigor relations with Russia aft Moscow launched its full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022.

A acceptable of legislative proposals volition beryllium tabled successful June asking each EU subordinate states to marque "national plans" to signifier retired Russian gas, atomic substance and lipid imports, according to the European Commission.

EU subordinate states indispensable taxable strategies nether the plans for replacing Russian lipid imports by the extremity of 2027.

Countries person besides been asked to outline strategies for ending their reliance connected Russia for uranium, enriched uranium and different atomic materials.

The EU hopes to determination distant from Russian state by "enhancing vigor efficiency, accelerating the deployment of renewable vigor and diversifying supplies", the European Commission said.

While EU dependence connected Russian oil, state and atomic fuels has decreased importantly since Putin's penetration of Ukraine, the bloc inactive imports a important quantity of its vigor from Russia.

According to the report, EU state imports from Russia person decreased from 45% successful 2021 to 19% successful 2024.

The stock of Russian lipid imports has besides shrunk from 27% astatine the opening of 2022 to 3% now.

Work indispensable beryllium done to trim the bloc's reliance connected Russian atomic supplies, products and services, the study said, with much than 14% of uranium successful the EU sourced from Russia successful 2024.

The EU's reliance connected Russian gas, lipid and atomic substance poses "risks to our economical security" and financially supports Russia's warfare economy, the study said.

"We've travel far, but not acold enough," Jorgensen added successful Tuesday's quality conference, adding that measures to signifier retired Russian vigor would beryllium "stepwise and gradual" to minimise the interaction connected the EU.

The roadmap besides includes plans to people Russia's usage of "shadow fleets" – lipid tankers "with obscure ownership and insurance" that Russia uses to support its lipid exports and bypass sanctions.