EU Parliament backs ban on oil and gas imports from Russia
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Europe 17/10/2025 – energydelamer.eu. Draft legislation adopted on Thursday 16 October aims to protect the Union's interests from the use of energy supplies as a weapon by the Russian Federation. On Thursday, the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy, as well as on International Trade, approved a draft ban on imports of Russian natural gas – be it gas transported by pipeline or liquefied natural gas (LNG) – from 1 January 2026.
The European Parliament's committee supports a proposal that would ban Russian oil and gas imports into the European Union from 1 January 2026. According to Dr. Olivér Hortay, director of the Századvég research institute, the move would have serious economic and security of supply consequences and could trigger another energy crisis. The analyst stressed that a complete embargo on Russian natural gas and oil cannot be justified by any rational a…
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