Loss of Russian energy supplies triggered ‘sky-high costs’ – EU commission chief

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Doing away with cheap fossil fuel deliveries from Moscow has come at a price, Ursula von der Leyen has said Energy prices have skyrocketed across the EU due to the disruption of cheap supplies from Russia, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said.  Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, von der Leyen said that, before 2022, the EU was receiving 45% of its gas and 50% of coal supplies from Russia, while Moscow was one of the bloc’s largest oil