Russian gas: Energy industry calls import ban a “trade barrier”

The BDEW views the REPowerEU Regulation and the Methane Regulation as obstacles to urgently needed gas imports. According to the DIHK, a coordinated European effort to fill gas storage facilities over the coming months is essential to prevent electricity prices from rising further.

20. April 2026
DIESES FOTO WIRD VON DER RUSSISCHEN STAATSAGENTUR TASS ZUR VERFÜGUNG GESTELLT. [RUSSIA, MURMANSK REGION - JULY 21, 2023: A view of Novatek's gravity-based structure platform for production of liquefied natural gas. Lev Fedoseyev/TASS]
Novatek’s LNG plant in Russia’s Murmansk region. (picture alliance/dpa/TASS | Lev Fedoseyev)

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Last updated: 20. April 2026