The EU is buying up Russian liquefied natural gas at the highest level in 3 years, think tank says

• The EU is purchasing Russian liquefied natural gas at the highest level in three years, according to Bruegel data.
• Though the bloc has sanctioned Russian oil and fuel oil, LNG imports are still free-flowing.
• The EU snapped up 19.2 billion cubic meters of Russian LNG last year, a 35% increase from 2021.

Despite efforts to wean itself off of Russian energy, the European Union is buying up Russian liquefied natural gas at the highest level in three years, according to the think tank Bruegel.

The 27-nation bloc imported 19.2 billion cubic meters of Russian LNG in 2022, according to data from the European research group. That's the highest amount of LNG the bloc has purchased from Russia in over three years, representing a 35% increase from sales in 2021, when it snapped up 14.2 billion cubic meters.