The European Commission on Tuesday proposed legally-binding measures to cut off the European Union's imports of Russian gas and liquefied natural gas imports by the end of 2027, which would end decades-old energy relations with Europe's former top gas supplier.

Russian gas accounted for about 19% of EU imports last year, down from roughly 45% before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and oil imports have declined to 3% from 27% in early 2022.