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[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

I don't know about the whole Europe but Spain is buying more energy from Russia than before the war and sanctions.

Don't get me wrong, I hope that would be the case but Europe is also Corporativist.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

Is it more? I know Spain is still buying some LNG from Russia, but i would have thought the amount went down, not up.

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

https://murciatoday.com/spain_is_now_the_second_largest_importer_of_russian_gas_in_europe_1000191256-a.html

As they article points out it's all maskerading by the fact that they heavily increased the import in 2023 and now is "reduced"

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for the article. It brought up something quite interesting that i wasn't aware off before:

But why does Spain rely so heavily on Russia despite the almost global disapproval? The answer lies in this country’s extensive regasification capacity, which stands at 67.1 bcm - the largest in all of Europe. This enables Spain to receive LNG shipments on behalf of other countries that lack the necessary infrastructure, making it a critical hub for European energy trade.

looking a bit into it i found this article:

https://rbac.com/spains-role-as-a-natural-gas-importer-and-re-exporter/

So it seems that Spain is also taking the flak here for other EU countries that want to profit from Russian gas but not be directly associated with it.

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

The European Union hypocrisy is lovely, isn't it?

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