Despite sanctions and geopolitical tensions, the European Union continues to import Russian fossil fuels in significant volumes. According to the Centre for Research on Energy & Clean Air, the EU spent $23 billion on Russian fossil fuels in 2024. This is a 6% drop in value year-on-year but only a 1% reduction in volume. Notably, the EU’s fossil fuel imports from Russia exceeded the $19.5 billion in financial aid it provided to Ukraine in 2024.

Russia’s ‘hub tankers’ drive sanction evasion

The Western duplicity on Russian imports gets exposed as Europe did not shut off Russian gas pipelines. European Union's Foreign Affairs Chief confirmed that 27 countries in the block are paying Russia over 1 billion dollar per day on fuel imports

Western duplicity on Russian imports exposed, EU says won't ban energy imports

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