German authorities intend to take measures to limit imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), Bloomberg reports citing a government document.

“The German government wants to limit imports of Russian LNG, thus making additional efforts to reduce its dependence on energy supplies from Russia,” the document said.

According to Bloomberg, Deputy Energy Minister Patrick Greichen, in response to a series of questions from conservative lawmakers, said that “the federal government does not support the purchase of Russian LNG.”

“The federal government has informed the companies that it will take appropriate measures to exclude purchases of Russian LNG wherever possible,” the agency quotes Greichen as saying.

The document explains that “in the future, companies will be obliged to inform about the origin of natural gas purchases if their volume exceeds five terawatt-hours.”

At the same time, the article does not say what measures the German government is going to take to achieve this goal.