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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolf" data-source="post: 112812" data-attributes="member: 199">Sanctions, eh?????<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL    :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL    :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL    :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /><h3>EU shifting back towards Russian energy – Welt</h3>Only Norway ranks higher among the bloc’s natural gas suppliers, and both are ahead of the US, a top think tank estimates<img src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2024.09/xxs/66d56f4f20302751e10d97e2.jpg" alt="EU shifting back towards Russian energy – Welt" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />FILE PHOTO: The Yamal LNG liquefied natural gas plant in Russia. © Sputnik / Maxim BlinovRussia has overtaken the US to once again become the second-largest supplier of natural gas to the EU, Die Welt reported on Sunday, citing analysis. The German newspaper added that the symbolism of the development is “huge.”Brussels declared the elimination of its reliance on Russian energy as one of its key priorities after hostilities in the Ukraine conflict broke out in February 2022. Expensive US liquified natural gas (LNG) filled up a large portion of the market, exacerbating economic crises throughout the EU.In the second quarter of 2024, Russian gas accounted for roughly 17% of all EU imports, just ahead of supplies from the US, Welt noted, citing the Brussels-based think-tank Bruegel. According to its figures, European customers received 12.27 billion cubic meters of US LNG over that period or time, while Russia delivered 12.73 billion cubic meters to the bloc.The Russian supplies include both LNG and pipeline gas, which flows to the EU via Belarus and Ukraine and through the TurkStream undersea gas pipeline. Kiev, which receives transit fees for fuel delivered through its territory, has threatened to suspend operations after the current contract expires at the end of 2024. However, it has indicated that it is open to third nations, such as Azerbaijan, stepping up their use of Soviet-built infrastructure.<a href="https://www.rt.com/business/603202-ukraine-russian-gas-transit-eu/" target="_blank"><img src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2024.08/xxs/66cf392e85f54049ce671a22.jpg" alt="Russia responds to Ukraine’s refusal to extend gas transit deal" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://www.rt.com/business/603202-ukraine-russian-gas-transit-eu/" target="_blank">Read more</a> <a href="https://www.rt.com/business/603202-ukraine-russian-gas-transit-eu/" target="_blank">Russia responds to Ukraine’s refusal to extend gas transit deal</a>Dmitry Birichevsky, head of the economic cooperation department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, has described the gas import dynamics as a testament to the failure of EU sanctions policy.“While it’s true that the indicators are significantly lower than before 2022, the facts speak for themselves,” he told RIA Novosti on Monday. “Greece alone has ramped up the purchase of Russian gas fourfold over 2023.”The US has sought to replace Russia as an energy supplier to Europe since before the Ukraine conflict. The administration of President Donald Trump infamously branded American LNG “molecules of freedom”, when it pressured the EU nations to select it over Russian gas. Norway has historically been the top supplier of gas to the market.Moscow now considers the EU an unreliable customer, which has shown that it is willing to let US political goals trump its economic needs.<a href="https://www.rt.com/news/603297-nord-stream-western-media/" target="_blank">READ MORE: Nord Stream sabotage: How Western media outlets do their governments’ dirty work</a>“Under the circumstances of the de facto economic war declared on us, our plans to redirect foreign trade to the nations of the Global South and East remain a priority,” Birichevsky said.</blockquote>

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