The EU will ban Russian LNG ‘sooner than later’ Spain’s energy minister says

European Union countries will agree sooner rather than later to ban import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia, Spain Energy Minister Teresa Ribera told Reuters on Tuesday. “This will be coming sooner than later,” she said in an interview on Tuesday when asked if the EU will muster the political will for such a move. With imports of Russian crude and oil products banned and the flow of Russian gas via pipelines sharply reduced, imports of Russian LNG are in the spotlight as the EU tries to deprive Russia of energy export revenue. Comment: Well, it has sharply reduced because the US and its allies blew up two pipelines. However, gas continues to flow through the Turkish and Ukrainian lines, as well as some Russian LNG making its way to the West via highly expensive and unreliable shipping routes.