Politico learned about the EU's refusal to ban gas from Russia through pipelines

The new package of anti-Russian sanctions will not include a banon gas supplies to Europe via pipelines, Politico writes, as countries dependent on Russian gas object to this.New restrictions may be announced in May

The EU opposes the imposition of a ban on the supply of Russian gas through pipelines, the Politico newspaper reports, citing sources.

On May 14, The Financial Times (FT) wrote about the discussion of such a measure. According to her, the ban could affect the resumption of pipeline gas exports from Russia to countries such as Poland and Germany .

"From what I've heard, it's extremely unlikely that this will pass," an unnamed European diplomat told Politico. It is specified that he represents one of the countries to which gas supplies from Russia were stopped last year.

According to the newspaper's source, the decision to ban imports is "strongly" resisted by countries that remain dependent on gas supplies from Russia. He also added that work on the new, 11th package of EU sanctions is almost completed and it is unlikely that there will be such a ban.

Among other sanctions in the energy sector discussed in the West, FT and EUobserver named a ban on oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Germany and Poland. In addition, the EU allowed a ban on the admission to European ports of ships carrying Russianoil in violation of sanctions.

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According to Reuters , the West will announce new anti-Russian restrictions during the next G7 summit, which will be held May 19-21 in Japan. According to the head of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, the new package may include bans on the transit of European goods through Russia to third countries and on the export of goods to those states that can supply sanctioned products to Russia.

In March, the head of the EC stated that the European Union managed to overcome its dependence on Russian energy resources. According to her, over the eight months of last year, Moscow reduced gas supplies to Europe by 80%, but the EU was able to compensate for this.

President Vladimir Putin noted that the restrictions imposed against Russia are illegitimate. The head of state pointed out that the countries of the West tried to "swipe, swoop down the economy" of the country, but they did not succeed. Speaking about the refusal of European buyers from oil and gas from Russia, the country's authorities said they would reorient supplies.