The new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which is aimed at measures against Russian liquefied gas, does not reduce the volume of natural gas supplies to the EU, the Belgian publication Le Soir reported on Thursday. HAS.
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As mentioned, one of the measures of the new package is the ban on the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the EU.
“This measure is aimed at complicating the logistics of exporting Russian gas from the Arctic, which requires the use of ice-breaking gas pipelines in the winter,” the publication writes.
The publication notes that these ships deliver LNG, which is transported to European ports such as Zeebrugge in Belgium or Montoir de Bretagne in France, and the gas is then transported by conventional LNG carriers to the Asian market, namely China.
“Thus, these new sanctions do not reduce the volume of natural gas supplied to the EU, which is considered an important condition for some countries that are still highly dependent on these Russian supplies,” the publication writes.