INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
commodities including oil.Critics have decried continued EU imports of Russian fossil fuels since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February,
2022.Natural gas imports rose by 240% to 24 billion euros ($24.3 billion) and coal by 170% to 4.9 billion euros ($4.97 billion) over the
million barrels per day since February to around 7.4 million bpd in July, according to Kommersant.The International Energy Agency raised its
forecast for Russian crude production into 2023, saying that Western sanctions have had a limited impact due to increased demand from mostly
takes effect in February 2023.G7 nations agreed in June to work on a price cap for Russian oil as part of efforts to cut the Kremlin's
revenues and hinder its offensive in Ukraine.Russia has stopped releasing official customs trade data since the start of the Ukraine
invasion.Exports from the EU to Russia, according to Eurostat, fell by 30.4% and totaled 29.8 billion euros ($30 billion) in the first half
