00:00The European Union paid an estimated almost 7.9 billion euros for Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first
00:07nine months of this year, despite efforts to end its reliance on Moscow.
00:12Campaign group Urgebald, using data from market intelligence firm Kepler, said EU ports received a record over 12 million tons
00:19of LNG from Russia's Yamal project between January and September.
00:24That was up to 9.5% compared with the same period last year.
00:29Europe also received 85% of all recorded Yamal deliveries during the period.
00:35The figures come despite restrictions already introduced by Brussels.
00:40A ban covering existing short-term Russian LNG contracts took effect in April, but September deliveries were still slightly higher
00:47than a year earlier.
00:49The EU's full ban on Russian LNG under eligible existing long-term contracts is due to take effect on January
00:551, 2027.
00:58Urgebald is calling on the EU to tighten restrictions before then, particularly on the specialized tankers used to transport Arctic
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