Germany will consider supporting an EU embargo on Russian coal imports.

This was stated today by Finance Minister Christian Lindner, quoted by Reuters. 

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The EU must wean itself from importing energy from Russia as soon as possible, he added. 

Germany is open to tightening sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, said Lindner, who is attending a meeting of EU finance ministers. 

Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Yetten, meanwhile, said Russian oil and coal imports had fallen due to the war in Ukraine, and a plan to further reduce energy dependence on Moscow would be unveiled later this month. 

Denmark has frozen Russian assets and assets for nearly $ 12 million

In a letter to parliament, the minister said he had called on companies to limit imports of Russian oil and coal as much as possible. 

Among the major energy consumers in the Netherlands is the steel group Tata Steel, which has stopped using Russian coal, and the British-Dutch energy giant Shell stopped buying Russian oil in March. 

In 2021, 24.5 million tons of coal passed through the port of Rotterdam, of which about 20 percent came from Russia.

10.4 million tonnes of coal passed through the port of Amsterdam last year. 

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