Germany Faces Criticism Over SEFE’s Renewed LNG Trade With Russia

  • SEFE set to take Russian LNG for India delivery next month
  • German government has opposed imports of the fuel from Russia

The shipment highlights the complexity and global nature of the trade in LNG.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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The German government is facing criticism over its energy ties as a taxpayer-backed company re-enters the liquefied natural gas trade with Russia.

Securing Energy for Europe GmbH — a former unit of Russian gas giant Gazprom PJSC — plans to load LNG produced by the Yamal plant in Siberia early next month. Germany nationalized the company, known as SEFE, last year at the height of Europe’s energy crisis.