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Because it's clickbait framing. Total imports from Russia are at their lowest point ever. The USA just dropped below Russia in the rankings.
In reality, Europe just imports Russian energy through third parties at a markup. All of a sudden countries like India are importing a lot more energy from Russia, and Europe imports a bunch more energy from India while Europeans pretend they're not dependent on Russian energy. Anybody with a functioning brain can see through this circus. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/europe-bought-russian-oil-via-india-at-record-rates-in-2023-despite-ukraine-war/articleshow/106777423.cms
While that is true and reflected in the article data, it doesn't contradict what I said. Just in case it was meant to 😄
Yes people still buy Russian energy, sometimes through third parties, but total consumption is down.
It's true that total consumption of energy in Europe down due to deindustrialization and growing recession because manufacturing in Europe is no longer competitive. However, the breakdown of energy that Europe imports hasn't fundamentally changed. It's not like new sources of energy have magically come into existence in the past two years.