In a report published on Wednesday 28 June, the European think-tank Bruegel sets out to demonstrate that the European Union can do without Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), and argues in favour of an EU embargo, rather than ‘soft sanctions’ that would discourage further purchases, but not break long-term contracts, which would mean continuing to fund of the Russian state and, by extension, the war effort.
While the European Union has set itself the target of eliminating fossil fuel...