Despite a huge drop in supply since the Kremlin began its all-out war on Ukraine in 2022, the EU still relies on Russia for almost a fifth of its gas supplies and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson demurred when asked whether the bloc was ready to include it in an ever expanding sanctions regime. “We remain fully committed to completing the phase out of Russian gas, which can be done without challenging Europe’s energy security of supply,” Simson told reporters in Brussels as she unveiled the annual State of the EU Energy Union report. It recognises that although consumption of Russian gas has f…