European Union promises not to buy gas and oil from russia even after signing of peace agreement

EU countries have announced that russian oil and gas will no longer return to the European market. This decision will remain in force regardless of the outcome of peace talks between Ukraine and russia. European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jørgensen has announced this, Euronews reports.

Jørgensen reiterated the irreversibility of the EU's decision to abandon russian energy carriers.

"Even when there’s peace, we won’t buy Russian gas again. Our agreement will stand even after a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is reached," Jørgensen said.

He emphasized that the European Union has no right to repeat the mistake of becoming dependent on russia and assured that the refusal will take place gradually, without negative consequences for the member states.

At the same time, Jørgensen criticized the position of Hungary, which plans to challenge the gas embargo proposal: "I don’t really understand these countries (Hungary, Slovakia). I think we should stand together shoulder by shoulder against Putin to help our friends in Ukraine."

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, despite the sanctions, the European Union became the third largest trading partner of the russian federation in 2024, with a trade turnover of EUR 67.5 billion.

The People's Republic of China has started to trade less with the aggressor country russia. In the first half of 2025, trade between the countries fell to its lowest level in the last three years.

Russian LNG exports to the EU reached a record level in 2024 despite the sanctions.