“The Iberian Peninsula is more of an energy island than Ireland,” warned Spain's energy secretary. Little surprise given that France has long blocked the construction of interconnectors.
Russia is shipping a lot of its oil and gas through the Baltic sea. Otherwise most pipelines go to EU countries, so the capacity for Russia to sell its gas somewhere else is physically limited and it would take decades to change that.
It is well known that India and Turkiye are involved in laundering Russian Oil products to sell to EU countries at a premium.
It is a lack of willingness to enforce sanctions, including accepting to buy the laundered oil and gas.
Russia is shipping a lot of its oil and gas through the Baltic sea. Otherwise most pipelines go to EU countries, so the capacity for Russia to sell its gas somewhere else is physically limited and it would take decades to change that. It is well known that India and Turkiye are involved in laundering Russian Oil products to sell to EU countries at a premium.
It is a lack of willingness to enforce sanctions, including accepting to buy the laundered oil and gas.