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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ajit Niranjan

European imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia at ‘record levels’

A ship docked at a jetty with pipes in the foreground
A ship docked at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AFP/Getty Images

Europe bought a record amount of liquefied natural gas from Russia last year, data shows, despite EU efforts to ditch the fossil fuels funding Putin’s war chest.

Ships carrying 17.8m tonnes of ultra-cold Russian gas docked in European ports in 2024, up by more than 2m tonnes from the year before, according to analysts Rystad Energy.

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