00:01The European Commission disputed Russia's claim on Tuesday that the EU spent more than $320 billion on energy since 2022,
00:11citing a significantly lower figure of $209 billion.
00:16It also stressed that the bloc is working towards ending all Russian gas imports by the end of 2027.
00:22I am not in a position to confirm other people's numbers.
00:25What I can confirm is that we have a clear declining trend of our dependency to Russia from 45 percent
00:37in 22 to 12 percent now.
00:41And we will be phasing out completely given that the repower legislation has these different milestones for different type of
00:49contracts.
00:50The figure also contradicts claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said the EU paid Russia $250 billion
00:58for energy.
00:59Moscow pointed to its European sales after some European countries criticized a deal allowing the United States to import Russian
01:07diesel.
01:08While the European Union has continued to import some Russian energy despite sanctions,
01:14it has attempted to reduce its long-standing dependence through diversification, lower consumption and a faster transition to alternative energy
01:21sources.
