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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

EU accused of fuelling Putin’s war by importing Russian liquefied natural gas

Closeup view of factory in snow
Gazprom’s gas processing facility at Bovanenkovo gas field on the Yamal peninsula. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

European governments have been accused of fuelling Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine as new data shows the Kremlin earned an estimated €7.2bn (£6.2bn) last year from exporting its liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the EU.

Brussels has pledged to ban imports of Russian LNG – natural gas that is supercooled to make it easier to transport – by 2027 but an analysis suggests there is yet to be any letup in the vast quantities being received at European ports from Russia’s LNG complex on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia.

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