Decryption

Is it possible to get rid of Russian hydrocarbons?

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An oil refinery in Tartarstan, Russia.

US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, an embargo on imports of Russian oil and gas into the United States, in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

© Sergei Karpukhin/REUTERS

By: Anne Corpet Follow

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US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, an embargo on US oil and gas imports.

Joe Biden assured him: this decision will "deal a new powerful blow to Vladimir Putin" and to the financing of his war against Ukraine.

Great Britain immediately followed in the footsteps of the Americans and announced that it too was going to deprive itself of Russian gas and oil.

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Europe is more cautious: 40% of the gas and 26% of the oil it consumes come from Russia.

The debate is particularly lively in Germany, which depends on Moscow for more than half of its imports.  

Can we free ourselves from this dependence on Russian hydrocarbons?

How soon and at what price?

Can this have a direct and immediate effect on the war in Ukraine? 

Decryption with: 

- Anne-Sophie Corbeau

, researcher at

- Thierry Bros

, professor at

, energy expert.  

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