The EU nation is not self-sufficient enough to stop the purchases for now, the energy minister says Italy is still reliant on Russian natural gas, which it continues to import despite calls in the EU for a ban, according to Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.

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Brussels needs and an “emergency mechanism” in case its plan to fund Kiev with Russia’s money backfires, an EU official has said The entire global financial system could be jeopardized if Euroclear, the main EU clearing house holding hundreds of billions in frozen Russian money, is sued over using the money to fund Kiev, a senior bloc…