How much oil and gas in Europe are still from Russia? | Russia-Ukraine, news war

Last week, the European Commission said it was preparing to introduce a tariff on Russian oil imports entering the European Union through Hungary and Slovakia.

It comes at a time when the compositions of US President Donald Trump on NATO members to stop buying Russian energy, in an attempt to end Russia’s war of Ukraine. At the United Nations last week, he said: “They finance the war against themselves. Who heard hell from that?” Trump was referring to European Union countries more than a billion euros ($ 1.35 billion) still paid to Russia every month for fossil fuels.

In this explanation, the island determines the latest numbers on oil and gas imports in Europe from Russia, why do some countries remain dependent on Russian energy And any other countries now buy Russian fuel.

What are the European countries that still buy Russian energy?

According to the Crea and Air Research Center (CREA), which tracks the material flows of fossil fuel, the European Union spent 1.15 billion euros ($ 1.35 billion) on Russian fossil fuels in August.

The five largest importers made up 85 percent of this total, with 979 million euros ($ 1.15 billion) of Russian oil and gas. The remaining 15 percent of countries, including Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria and Poland.

Senior buyers of Russian energy include:

• Hungary416 million euros ($ 488 million)
• Slovakia: 275 million euros (323 million dollars)
• France157 million euros ($ 184 million)
• Holland: 65 million euros ($ 76 million)
• Belgium: 64 million euros ($ 75 million)

Hungary and Slovakia bought Russian crude oil and pipelines, while France, the Netherlands and Belgium, imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is cooled in liquid so that it can be transported by the ship instead of pipelines.

Extreme dependence in Europe on oil and gas

Together, oil (33 percent) and natural gas (24 percent) represent more than half of the energy supply in Europe. Coal contributes 11.7 percent, followed by nuclear by 11.2 percent, 10.9 percent biofuels, solar energy and wind by 6.1 percent, and electrical energy with 3.1 percent.

To transfer these large quantities of oil and gas, Europe depends on a wide network of 202,685 km of active pipelines as of 2023, according to Globaldata.

The main part of this network is the Druzhba pipeline, which is 4000 km long (2500 miles), which is one of the longest oil pipelines in the world, with a capacity of 1.2 to 1.4 million barrels per day, carries oil from eastern Russia via Belarus and Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia.

Hungary and Slovakia continue to receive oil via the pipeline under a temporary exemption for the European Union, which is granted to prevent severe energy shortages, as these non -coastal countries rely heavily on the Druze pipeline and have alternative alternative roads or ports.

How to change Europe’s dependence on Russian gas?

Before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, European Union It got more than 45 percent of the total gas imports and 27 percent of oil from Russia. By 2024, these shares decreased to 19 percent of gas and three percent of oil.

Many European leaders faced pressure to impose heavier sanctions on Russia, as the European Union seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. However, this is still difficult for countries that depend heavily on one power source, for example, in Hungary, more than 60 percent of energy comes from oil and gas.

Russian gas imports fell from more than 150 billion cubic meters (BCM) in 2021 to less than 52 billion cubic meters in 2024. This deficiency was largely compensated by increasing imports from other partners: US imports rose from 18.9 BCM in 2021 to 45.1 BC in 2024, from 79.5 BCM to 91.1 BCM.

What other goods do Europe buy from Russia?

In addition to the low energy imports, the European Union is now importing fewer niches, iron and steel from Russia.

However, the fertilizers necessary for agriculture, which is Russia, is a producer and a major source, by approximately 20 percent from 2021 to 2025.

Earlier this year, the European Commission approved the European Commission’s suggestion to provide a 6.5 percent tariff on fertilizer imports from Russia and Caleria with the aim of gradual disposal of relying on inorganic fertilizers from Moscow.

Outside the European Union, who buys Russian energy?

In August, China was the largest buyer of Russian fossil fuel, which represents the revenues of Russian energy export $ 5.7 billion ($ 6.7 billion) of these imports.

India was the second largest buyer, reaching 3.6 billion euros ($ 4.2 billion) in imports, of which 78 percent (2.9 billion euros) of crude oil.

Turkiye ranked third, importing 3 billion euros ($ 3.5 billion) of energy, including a mixture of pipeline, oil products, raw oils and coal.

The European Union was the fourth largest buyer, which represents 1.2 billion euros ($ 1.4 billion) in imports. Two -thirds of these liquefied natural gas and Russian tubes were worth 773 million euros (907 million dollars).

South Korea was the fifth largest buyer of 564 million euros (662 million dollars), with three quarters of its charcoal imports.