EU plan to phase out Russian fossil fuels to include LNG - European Commission spokesperson

BRUSSELS. April 15 (Interfax) - The EU plan to stop the Russian energy imports by 2027 includes Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), European Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said.

"There's a question whether the liquefied natural gas will be part of the road map we are preparing. The work is ongoing at the moment. But, yes. I mean the plan is to phase out Russian fossil fuels, so we will be looking into a very comprehensive plan," Itkonen said at a press briefing in Brussels on Tuesday in response to a related question.

According to the statistical data on the EU imports of Russian LNG provided by Itkonen, Russian LNG imported by the European Union in the first quarter of this year accounted for 16% of all LNG consumed in the EU.

Russian LNG imports roughly stood at 20 billion cubic meters in 2024, or around 20% of 100 billion cubic meters of LNG imported by the EU last year, she said.