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Neptune is pulled into Lubmin Port for LNG import at a new terminal in Lubmin, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2022.
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'Structural shift'— EU ban on Russian gas set to harm Moscow long term, despite loopholes

by Karol Luczka

The European Union has approved a long-promised ban on Russian gas imports, a measure meant to lock in the bloc’s shift away from Moscow’s energy supplies nearly four years into Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. Still, the new ban contains major loopholes, meaning that without full commitment by EU member states, some Russian gas will likely continue to flow into the EU, according to sector experts who spoke to the Kyiv Independent. What exactly is banned and how The decision on Jan.

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Editor's Note: The story was updated to include the most recent comment by U.S. President Donald Trump. "If it expires, it expires," U.S. President Donald Trump said in his interview with The New York Times when asked about his intentions to extend the New START treaty that officially ended on Feb. 5. The expiration would put an end to the last bilateral agreement limiting Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals — a combined 80% of the world's total. Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced his

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