Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Birichevsky reported that more and more gas is being imported into Europe.
According to the expert, imports are growing, and their total share currently equals 15 percent.
Birichevsky added: “Despite the law adopted by the EU in 2022 on reducing hydrocarbon purchases from the Russian Federation, imports are increasing,” as reported by RIA Novosti .
The European Union imported more gas from Russia in the first half of 2024 than in January-June 2023, an analyst claims.
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In 2022, the leadership of the European Union decided to begin to gradually reduce its energy dependence on Russia.
Thus, Europe has begun to gradually increase support for the green transition.
In this way, the countries of the European Union tried to move away from the use of traditional energy resources.
Russia, in turn, has repeatedly stated that Europe is making a mistake with its actions and is condemning itself to even greater dependence in the context of rising gas and fuel prices.
Author: Margarita Sadkovskaya
