EU stops imports of Russian coal
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. The United Kingdom and the European Union have stopped importing Russian coal as of August 10 as part of the sanctions imposed against Russia after its special operation in Ukraine.
According to London and Brussels, these restrictions are intended to "damage" Russia's economy, TASS reported.
The UK had to take quite serious measures, given that the country was heavily dependent on Russian coal supplies. According to statistics for 2021, some 48% of all the coal in the country was imported, the total amount of which was 4.6 million tons. Of that, 43% was Russian coal.
Russia is also one of the largest suppliers of coal to the European Union. According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, in 2021 Russia supplied 48.7 million tons of coal to the EU countries or 21.8% of its total coal imports.
European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer told a briefing on August 5 that Brussels expects all EU countries to comply with the ban on coal imports from Russia despite the energy crisis.-0-