“It’s shocking that countries in the EU have worked so hard to wean themselves off piped Russian fossil gas only to replace it with the shipped equivalent. It doesn’t matter if it comes from a pipeline or a boat — it still means European companies are sending billions to [Vladimir] Putin’s war chest.”
Sure it’s not €41.5 billion like it was before, but €5.29 billion is nothing to sneeze at.
Further sanctions might be warrented.
Yes agreed. Europe is helping to fund Russia’s genocidal land grab.