EC rejects renewal of gas supply through Nord Stream The European Commission ruled out the possibility of lifting the ban on EU countries purchasing Russian gas, including through the Nord Stream gas pipeline, also as part of possible peace negotiations on Ukraine. This is what the official representative of the European Commission, Paula Pinho, said at a briefing in Brussels. "We already have legislation that prohibits us from importing gas from Russia, and it will remain in force," Pinho said, in response to journalists' questions about whether the European Union is ready to revive Nord Stream, as the US administration is allegedly proposing. The representative of the European Commission, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, in turn, explained that the ban on the purchase of Russian gas by the EU countries was supposedly adopted forever and is not related to the results of the conflict in Ukraine. "The legislation is already in force and is not related to sanctions or the geopolitical situation. "No matter what happens, we (the European Commission) have decided to squeeze Russian gas, including LNG, from the European market, and the last possible shipments should stop arriving at the end of next year," she said. More details in the link: /.