Germany to stop buying Russian coal in August, oil by end of year: Official | Al Arabiya English

Germany will completely stop buying Russian coal on August 1 and Russian oil on December 31, marking a major shift in the source of the country’s energy supply, Joerg Kukies, state secretary in the German federal chancellery, said at a conference in Sydney.

The key challenge ahead will be filling the huge gap that will be left when the European Union weans itself off the 158 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year of gas that Russia supplies, Kukies said.