Lithuania becomes the first EU state to say JO to Russian gas

Lithuania will not consume any cubic cm of Russian toxic gas from now on, said Ingrida Simonyte in a tweet Sunday.

This makes Lithuania “the first EU country” to reject Russian gas imports, she added.

The EU has pledged to reduce its dependence on Russian gas by 66% by the end of this year, writes CNN, broadcast Clankosova.tv.

The European Union depends on Russia for about 40% of its natural gas. Russia also supplies around 27% of its oil imports and 46% of coal imports.

Russia has promised to diversify its energy supplies earlier, especially in 2014 when Russia annexed Crime from Ukraine.

Little progress has been made, in part because Russia's biggest energy consumer in Europe did not want to rock the boat with Moscow.

But President Vladimir Putin's decision to order last month's invasion changed everything.

In early March, EU officials outlined plans to curb Russian gas imports to 66% this year.