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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

EU agrees plan to enable member states to end all gas imports from Russia

Huge pipes above ground
A gas transmission system in Werne, western Germany. The EU still relies on Russia for about 10% of its gas. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty

EU countries may soon be able to halt their last remaining Russian gas imports under plans to ban Russian energy companies from their pipelines and terminals.

The European Council and parliament have agreed new rules that could empower the EU’s member states to crack down on companies from Russia and Belarus that have continued to import Russian gas into Europe since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by buying import capacity at key EU import terminals and pipelines.

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