Bombshell report shows EU spends more on Russian gas than Ukraine aid

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A study carried out by the Finnish Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea), and released on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, shows how, in 2024, the European Union spent more money buying Russian oil and gas than the funding provided to Kiev. To be precise, spending on Russian hydrocarbons was close to 22 billion euros while Ukraine received 18.7 billion. The study is taken up by the British ne…

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Bombshell report shows EU spends more on Russian gas than Ukraine aid

Crea's Vaibhav Raghunandan said purchasing Russian fossil fuels is 'akin to sending financial aid to the Kremlin and enabling its invasion'.

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Australian National Review - EU spending on Russian LNG imports quadruples – data

The cost of liquified natural gas purchases for the bloc has risen substantially in three years, according to Eurostat The cost of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases for the EU has nearly quadrupled in three years due to soaring prices and increased import volumes, according to Eurostat. Data released on Monday in a report titled ‘EU trade with Russia’, shows that in the fourth quarter of 2024, the volume of LNG imported from Russia w…

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The Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has published a report showing how much oil and gas the European Union buys from Russia. According to the information presented by the British daily "Guardian", in the third year more money flowed towards the Kremlin than Kiev.

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The EU has spent more money on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine. This is stated in a report dedicated to the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion, prepared by the Center for Energy and Clean Air Research (Crea), reports The Guardian, reports Ukrinform.

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According to a recent report by the Center for Energy and Clean Air Research (Crea), the European Union spent more on Russian fossil fuels in the third year of the war than on financial support for Ukraine. Despite sanctions and a declaration of independence from Russian energy, the EU paid 21.9 billion euros for oil and gas to Russia, while it provided 18.7 billion euros for financial assistance to Kiev.