How EU Ports Facilitated Billions in Kremlin Gas Revenue

Despite the European Union’s public commitment to sever energy ties with Moscow, new data reveals that the bloc’s ports remained the biggest buyer for Russia’s flagship Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project throughout 2025.  An analysis of Kpler vessel-tracking data published Thursday by the non-governmental organization Urgewald shows that EU terminals handled 76.1% of all exports from the Yamal LNG facility last year, netting the Kremlin an estimated €7.2 billion ($8.4 billion). The findings emerge as the EU prepares…