The EU is importing more LNG — a supercooled version of natural gas that is transported on ships.Photo by BORIS HORVAT/AFP via Getty Images The EU wants to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by 2027 and has cut its use of piped Russian gas dramatically. Even so, EU countries imported a record amount of Russian LNG this year, per Global Witness. EU countries are snapping up Russian LNG to replace piped natural gas from the country. After the war in Ukraine started, Europe said it wanted to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by 2027.Even so, the bloc has been snapping up a record level of Russian liquefied natural gas this year, seemingly to make up for the lost piped gas supply from the country.

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