10 EU Nations Say It’s Time to Sanction Russian Natural Gas, LNG

A group of 10 European Union nations is pushing to toughen sanctions against Russia by introducing further restrictions on natural gas and bolstering the enforcement of a price cap on oil.

The allies, which include Sweden, Ireland, Poland and the three Baltic nations, want to prohibit imports of pipeline and liquefied natural gas to the bloc to limit the revenues that the Kremlin uses to finance the war in Ukraine.

While the EU has already banned imports of Russian oil, the reliance of several countries on gas from Moscow has stopped it from sanctioning that fuel. Restrictive measures require unanimous ...