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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Europe will never return to Russian gas, European Commission insists

The Lakhta Centre business tower, the headquarters of Russian energy corporation Gazprom, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The headquarters of Russia’s energy corporation, Gazprom, in St Petersburg. The EU said Russia was ‘not a trading partner that can be trusted’. Photograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA

The European Commission has insisted there will be no return to Russian gas, as it published plans to phase out fossil fuel imports from its eastern neighbour by 2028.

The EU energy commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, said a proposed ban on Russian gas imports would remain, irrespective of whether there was peace in Ukraine.

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