Russia Says Energy Sales to EU Reached $320.7B Since 2022
Novak said European countries bought $21.3 billion in Russian hydrocarbons in the first nine months of 2026 despite sanctions.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday that the countries of the European Union have bought more than 320 billion dollars of Russian hydrocarbons since 2022, of which 21.3 billion in the first nine months of 2026, despite the sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine.
In the dispute over the diesel deal between Trump and Putin, Brussels refers to its own harsh sanctions regime. A file from Moscow now estimates that EU member states have bought 286 billion euros of Russian oil and gas since the beginning of the war.
As Europe criticized the U.S.-Russia diesel trade deal as war financing, Russia disclosed the reality of Europe's purchases of Russian energy. This appears to be an attempt to point out the contradictions in the criticism by highlighting Europe's history of purchasing Russian energy. According to AFP, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak appeared on a broadcast on the 12th (local time) and [mentioned] the oil and [heavy] supplied to Eur…
Russia Says Delivered $320 Billion Worth Of Hydrocarbons To Europe Since 2022
The European Union has adopted numerous sanctions against Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, yet many countries -- including France -- continue to source hydrocarbons, particularly liquefied natural gas (LNG), from Moscow.
Moscow has supplied gas, oil and other energy sources worth approximately SEK 3,600 billion to Europe since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This is stated by the country's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
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