Moscow: Five European Union (EU) countries paid a total of EURO 938 million in October for oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Russia. According to Qatar News Agency, payments from EU countries to Russia continued from Hungary, Slovakia, France, Belgium, and Romania. Hungary topped the list of importers with EURO 258 million, including EURO 83 million for oil and EURO 175 million for pipeline gas. Slovakia came in second with a total of EURO 210 million, comprising EURO 162 million for oil and EURO 48 million for gas. Natural gas, which is not subject to EU sanctions, accounted for two-thirds of the total imports, delivered primarily via pipelines or as LNG. France ranked third, importing EURO 209 million worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG), while Belgium came in fourth with EURO 158 million worth of LNG. Romania ranked fifth, purchasing EURO 74 million worth of pipeline gas from Russia. The report also revealed that during October of this year, the European Union (EU), Australia, and the US imported EURO 971 million worth of petroleum products from six refineries in India and Turkiye that use Russian oil. Analysts estimated that EURO 443 million of this amount consisted of fuels derived from Russian oil.