Europe imported more liquefied natural gas from Russia's flagship Yamal LNG plant in the first half of 2026 than ever before, absorbing almost the entire output of the Siberian facility just months before the EU's ban on Russian gas imports takes effect.
Source: Financial Times
Details: Analytics company Kpler reported that EU purchases from Yamal, controlled by the Russian private company Novatek, reached a record 9.89 million tonnes in the first six months of the year – 18% more than in the same period last year.
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According to estimates by the non-governmental organisation Urgewald, Europe may have paid as much as €6 billion for those deliveries.
