EU paid €7.9bn for Russian Arctic LNG amid record imports

Europe paid around €7.88 billion for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Arctic energy project in the first nine months of 2026, a record 12.18 million tonnes reaching European ports between January and September this year.

This comes at a time when Europe's gas storage levels are at a record low, and the bloc faces a brutal energy crisis.

European LNG imports from the Russian Yamal project rose 9.5% year-on-year between January and September, with EU ports receiving 85% of Yamal’s recorded deliveries.

France received nearly three-quarters of September’s EU deliveries, with the Dunkirk and Montoir ports receiving 571.716 million tonnes of Arctic LNG, according to Kpler.

The Netherlands imported 146.461 million tonnes of LNG and Portugal 74.263 million tonnes.

I agree. Trump said this when he withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord in his first term:

"..."As President, I have one obligation, and that obligation is to the American people. The Paris Accord would undermine our economy, hamstring our workers, weaken our sovereignty, impose unacceptable legal risks, and put us at a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world. It is time to exit the Paris Accord - and time to pursue a new deal that protects the environment, our companies, our citizens, and our country.

It is time to put Youngstown, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — along with many, many other locations within our great country-before Paris, France. It is time to make America great again."

I don't give a damn about what Trump said he would or wouldn't do regarding Ukraine. Not a single bit do I care. That statement above is why he was elected.

Not for Ukraine.

Not for Europeans. And definitely not for Paris, France.

He was elected to serve the national interests of American citizens and no other. And even if that means that the cash in hand of an American trucker when he goes into Wiggly Piggly is even $50 more because he didn't have to throw it into the tank of his truck, that is good enough.

But that isn't all. If he does it only to get Republicans elected to support his agenda for the next two years and pave the way for the next MAGA President in 2028, I am still good with that.

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