Lithuania abandons Russian gas imports ------------------------------------------ Lithuania has become the first EU member to end its dependence on natural gas from Russia, the bloc’s biggest supplier of the fuel ------------------------------------------ SHARE OF GAS SUPPLY FROM RUSSIA (selected EU countries, 2020) Finland 94% Latvia 93% Estonia 79% Bulgaria 77% Slovakia 70% Croatia 68% Czech Rep. 66% Austria 64% Greece 51% Germany 49% Italy 46% Lithuania 41% Poland 40% Hungary 40% Slovenia 40% France 24% Netherlands 11% Romania 10% Apr 2, 2022 Gas flows via Russian pipelines cut to zero. Lithuania to rely on liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from U.S. and Norway EU imports of natural gas (2019) Russia 41.1% Norway 16.2% Qatar: 5.2% Algeria: 7.6% Others 29.9% ------------------------------------------ Sources: Bloomberg News, Eurostat, Statista © GRAPHIC NEWS