Original title: EU Seeks to Close Off Russian Gas Flow Loopholes
00:00 Now European Union countries are also looking to plug any remaining loopholes to ensure that Russian gas will not be mixed into the bloc supplies. Once a ban takes effect by the end of 2027. Now, the change would require importers to provide evidence to prove that the gas has not been produced in Russia. Our very own Oliver Crook is in Berlin Good morning. So the EU is looking to fight back against Russia more generally by closing loopholes for Russian gas flows. Is that really possible? Yeah, and we know how difficult that’s been. For instance, even on LNG, the LNG tankers, the Russian shadow fleet and crude oil and getting them basically off the high seas. It’s been something that’s been very challenging for the Europeans to do. What they’re trying to do now is to exert the control where they believe that they can, and that is through the pipelines and still flow natural gas into the European Union, namely Turkstream, which is the the large pipeline that goes through Turkey and