EU’s Gas Supplies Could Still Have Russian Gas Mixed In

The European Union will receive natural gas supplies that may have Russian gas mixed in, Czech energy minister Jozef Sikela told Bloomberg. Sikela has been tapped by the Czech government to be its member of the European Commission, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been said to already chosen Sikela to head the energy portfolio for the bloc. Due to contractual obligations, several eastern European states have continued to buy natural gas from Russia via a pipeline that crosses Ukraine despite the bloc’s efforts to…