EU Set to Ban Russian LNG Imports Earlier than Planned

OilPrice · Tsvetana Paraskova · last updated September 19, 2025 – 6:09 AM

The European Commission is set to propose a ban on imports of Russian LNG by January 1, 2027, which would be a year earlier than previously planned, EU sources told Reuters on Friday, as the bloc looks to respond to U.S. pressure to phase out Russian energy. Following a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier this week, banning Russian LNG earlier than planned has become a “priority” for the EU, one of the sources told Reuters. The EU currently plans to phase…

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