A relatively warm winter and a steady stream of LNG supply (liquefied natural gas) have helped the EU to break free of its energy dependency on Russia, which Russia had cultivated for decades and managed to ensnare Armenia and Belarus in....
Let us compare Europe in 2022 and 2023. According to official data for 2021, Europe was 45% dependent on imported Russian gas and 27% on oil. Nord Stream 2, the energy weapon of the Kremlin, was quietly built despite the desperate warnings...
During 11 months of the year, Russian Gazprom reduced gas production by 19.4% compared to last year, and also reduced exports by 44.5%. This was reported by the company’s press service. “In January-November 2022, according to...
On 24 November, EU energy ministers failed to agree a cap on gas prices to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe amid deep divisions over an initial proposal slammed by many as a “joke,” AFP reported. The ministers will now meet...
Russian state gas giant Gazprom threatened to reduce gas supplies to Moldova via Ukraine, putting forward allegations that Kyiv is holding onto supplies destined for its neighbor, CNBC reported. Gazprom claimed in a statement on Telegram...
According to the study by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, during the first four months of its full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia received EUR 62 bn from the EU countries for its fossil fuel exports — roughly 60%...
The EU has imposed a partial oil embargo as part of its 6th sanctions package. Yet, between 24 February and 31 May, EU countries paid over EUR 55 billion for oil and gas imports from Russia. That’s the equivalent of roughly 15,000...
The largest importers of Russian fossil fuels in the past two months are: Germany (€ 9.1 billion), Italy (€ 6.9 billion), China (€ 6.7 billion), the Netherlands (€ 5.9 billion), Türkiye (€ 4.1...
The scope of EU dependence on Moscow also reveals that Moscow will collapse should the EU disconnect from Russian oil and gas According to the CREA calculator, since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022,...
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its eighth week, the international community has continued to support Ukraine. The United States, Canada, the European Union, NATO, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and others have imposed...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
