The aggressor country russia has earned more than EUR 883 billion in profits from energy exports since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is three times more than what international partners have transferred to Kyiv in the form of aid.
BBC News reported this with reference to the Center for Research in Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
According to CREA, since February 2022, russia has earned hundreds of billions of euros from the sale of fossil fuels.
The lion's share of this amount (EUR 209 billion) fell on the countries of the European Union. EU countries continued to receive pipeline gas directly from russia until Ukraine stopped transit in January 2025.
In addition, Hungary and Slovakia, as before, receive crude oil from russia via a pipeline through Ukraine.
Russian gas is also supplied to the European Union via Turkey. In January and February 2025, the volume of supplies increased by 26.7% compared to the same period in 2024.
CREA reported that despite numerous sanctions and efforts by the West, Russia's energy export revenues fell by only 5% compared to 2023.
The above data shows that russia's revenues from energy sales for the second time exceed the amount of aid that Ukraine has received from its partners since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Senior campaigner for Global Witness, Mai Rosner, said in a comment to BBC News that many governments do not really want to undermine russia's ability to extract and sell energy.
"There is too much fear of what this could mean for global energy markets. There is a limit beyond which energy markets will be too disrupted or thrown out of balance," the publication quotes her as saying.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the day before, the German publication Bild wrote that this year the European Union will pay russia EUR 20 billion for gas, oil and uranium. This is much more aid than Ukraine will receive from the EU.
As a reminder, on May 24, Bloomberg reported, citing its own sources, that the European Union is preparing an 18th package of sanctions against russia, which may include restrictions on banks and a reduction in the ceiling price for oil.
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