EU paid $209bn on Russian energy, contradicts Moscow's $320bn claim

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From March 2022 to July 2026, the European Union spent approximately €197 billion (nearly 862 billion złoty) on Russian fossil fuels, according to the Ukrainian website European Pravda. This amount is lower than the $250 billion (over 977 billion złoty) announced by US President Donald Trump.

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On Tuesday, the European Commission challenged Moscow's claim that EU member countries would have spent $320.7 billion ($286 billion) on energy from Russia since 2022, indicating a significantly lower amount, Euronews reports. Citing COMEXT data, the official reference database administered by Eurostat, a carrier...

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The European Union (EU) sought on Tuesday to downplay Moscow's talk of the bloc's dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports after Moscow boasted about the volume of energy sales to the EU.

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Citing official European Union statistics, they refuted US President Donald Trump's claim that the EU has paid Russia $250 billion for energy resources since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda reported.