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EU to propose banning Russian coal imports after atrocities

After recent evidence surfaced of war crimes committed by the Kremlin’s forces in Ukraine, the EU is now planning a proposal to completely discontinue coal import from Russia while remaining open to oil and natural gas flows from the war-waging nation.
Trains are loaded with coal at Russia's largest Borodinsky opencast colliery, owned by the Siberian Coal Energy Company, near the Siberian town of Borodino, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. | Photo: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Trains are loaded with coal at Russia's largest Borodinsky opencast colliery, owned by the Siberian Coal Energy Company, near the Siberian town of Borodino, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. | Photo: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Alberto Nardelli & Jorge Valero, Bloomberg News

The European Union is planning to propose a mandatory phaseout on coal imports from Russia in a direct response to reports that Russian forces committed apparent war crimes in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

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