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年全面入侵乌克兰以来，欧盟在减少对俄罗斯天然气的依赖方面取得了值得肯定的成功，这部分是通过转换能源来源和减少需求，部分是通过增加液化天然气(LNG)进口。然而，后者中的一部分仍然来自俄罗斯，欧盟从俄罗斯进口的液化天然气实际上有所增加；莫斯科去年从此项销售中赚取约82亿欧元，为其发动的战争提供了重要资金。欧盟目前提议对俄罗斯液化天然气实施有限限制，这是其首次直接针对莫斯科的天然气贸易实施制裁。它应该更进一步，在某个期限过后禁止俄罗斯液化天然气。