Questions and answers on the EU Roadmap to phase out Russian energy imports

European Commission - Questions and answers Questions and answers on the EU Roadmap to phase out Russian energy imports Strasbourg, 6 May 2025 Why is the Commission now proposing to fully phase out Russian energy imports? Since Russia's unjustified aggression on Ukraine started, the EU has significantly reduced dependencies and energy imports from Russia. As a result of the coordinated action between the Commission and Member States under the REPowerEU Plan launched in 2022, and the enhanced EU energy diplomacy with international partners, gas imports (both LNG and pipeline) from Russia have decreased significantly from 45% in 2021 to 19% in 2024. They have been replaced by supplies from more reliable sources as well as from an increase of cleaner energy in our system coupled with coordinated efforts to reduce unnecessary energy use. Projections point to a further fall to 13% in 2025 with the end of the Russian gas transit via Ukraine. Thanks to EU sanctions, Russian oil imports have also shrunk, from 27% at the beginning of 2022 to 3% now. Moreover, sanctions have completely banned imports of Russian coal to the EU and prohibited the reloading of cargoes in EU ports carrying liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia. As regards nuclear, utilities operating Russiandesigned nuclear reactors have signed contracts for nuclear fuel produced by suppliers alternative to Russia. Despite this significant progress achieved under the REPowerEU Plan and sanctions, Russian gas,...