As they transition to alternative sources of Energy, Finland will gradually refuse oil, including re-reduced purchases in Russia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pekka Haavisto was warned in an interview with RBC.
Finland’s authorities have been going to make a national economy carbon-neutral by 2035. This means a decrease in the volume of emissions of greenhouse gases and the use of non-renewable resources to which oil belongs.
Currently, the country imports 60 percent of energy consumption, three quarters are in oil and gas, and Russia supplies them by 60 percent. Therefore, due to the new energy policy, the supply of Russian resources will continue to fall.
At the same time, Haavisto did not exclude that the “green transition” will give new opportunities for cooperation with Russia. For example, Finland would like to work in conjunction in the fight against climate change, in reducing harmful emissions and greater use of environmentally friendly technologies in the energy sector.
In 2020, deliveries to Finland of Russian oil decreased by 16 percent compared with the 2019th. In the first quarter of 2021, the process accelerated – the fall in annual expression was already 25 percent. In April, procurement fell to 400 thousand tons, which is 63.6 percent less than in 2020.
before this Finland reported that it was ready to abandon the import of Russian electricity. However, this time the problem is not related to environmental friendliness – the Finns complain about the critical wear of the power lines in Russia. Their state threatens the stability of supplies, but in Russia to recognize the problem and do not want to carry out modernization.