Voting is Your POWER<p>The EU is in the midst of finalizing a plan to completely end imports of Russian fossil fuels; </p><p>the European Commission first pledged to quit Russian fossil fuels in 2022 as a response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. </p><p>The imports won't completely end until 2027, but in the meantime, Czechia has achieved full independence from Russian oil for the first time in its history; the country now receives no supplies through Russia's Druzhba pipeline, ending a 60-year dependency. This is significant because Czechia previously received half its oil from Russia and had an EU exemption from the 2022 Russian oil ban. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EnergyIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/czechia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>czechia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/eu-present-roadmap-may-phase-out-all-imports-russian-fossil-fuels-2025-04-24/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/boa</span><span class="invisible">rds-policy-regulation/eu-present-roadmap-may-phase-out-all-imports-russian-fossil-fuels-2025-04-24/</span></a></p>