Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU has had remarkable success in slashing its reliance on natural gas piped in from Russia. Partly this has been by switching sources and reducing demand, and partly by increasing imports of liquefied natural gas. Some of the latter, however, still come from Russia, whose LNG imports to the EU have actually increased; Moscow made an estimated €8.2bn from such sales last year — vital funding for its war. The bloc is now proposing limited restrictions on Russia’s liquefied gas, the first time it has targeted Moscow’s gas trade with sanctions. It should go further, and ban Russian LNG after a cut-off date.Such a radical redrawing of EU energy supplies seemed barely imaginable in 2022.
自莫斯科方面2022年全面入侵烏克蘭以來，歐盟在減少對俄羅斯天然氣的依賴方面取得了值得肯定的成功，這部分是通過轉換能源來源和減少需求，部分是通過增加液化天然氣(LNG)進口。然而，後者中的一部分仍然來自俄羅斯，歐盟從俄羅斯進口的液化天然氣實際上有所增加；莫斯科去年從此項銷售中賺取約82億歐元，爲其發動的戰爭提供了重要資金。歐盟目前提議對俄羅斯液化天然氣實施有限限制，這是其首次直接針對莫斯科的天然氣貿易實施制裁。它應該更進一步，在某個期限過後禁止俄羅斯液化天然氣。