The Netherlands plans to completely abandon the import of Russian gas and coal by the end of this year. This is reported by NOS, referring to the Minister of Climate and Energy of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten..

According to the strategy of the current government, next winter gas storage facilities should be filled to the maximum at the expense of local energy companies.. In order to minimize financial risks, the government is going to partially compensate them for the cost of gas purchases.

Jetten also said that the Netherlands will import more liquefied natural gas next year.. It is stored at the gas terminals in Rotterdam and Eemshafen. Energy saving should also contribute to the substitution of imports from Russia.

As for Russian coal, its imports for EU countries will end on August 11.

This was stipulated in the fifth package of sanctions of the European Union, adopted in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine..

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Earlier it was reported that Gazprom could lose a third of gas exports to Europe in 2022..

Why Europe does not agree on a complete embargo on energy exports from Russia? Why a partial or short-term embargo is a dangerous strategy? Should Ukraine itself refuse to transit Russian gas? The answers to these questions are in the article by Mikhail Gonchar \?