🇪🇺 EU says it is banning Russian LNG by January 2027.
In the first half of 2026, EU countries imported record volumes from Russia’s Yamal plant anyway: 136 cargoes, 9.97 million tons, up 16% year on year.
More than 97% of Yamal’s output went straight to European ports.
Russia is now building trans-shipment hubs at Murmansk and Kamchatka, an Arctic network engineered to keep exports moving once the ban actually bites.
The molecule is rerouting.
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— @jackprandelli Jul 18, 2026
