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European Union flags outside the EU headquarters in Brussels. File photoWASHINGTON, May 4.The next package of sanctions that the EU is preparing involves refusing to purchase Russian oil for six months and stopping imports of petroleum products by the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal writes, citing two officials informed of the discussion. EU diplomat Josep Borrell previously said, that the sixth package of European sanctions against the Russian Federation will include disconnecting new banks from SWIFT, new sanctions «for disinformation» and restrictions on oil imports. Representatives of 27 EU countries plan to discuss the initiative on Wednesday and may decide this week, the newspaper reports. an element of the package is a proposal that the bloc's member countries stop importing Russian crude oil for six months and not buy more Russian oil products by the end of this year,» the publication said. It is assumed that Hungary and Slovakia will receive 20 months to refuse oil imports. Diplomats say that at least two other countries, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, are claiming the same benefits. The approval of the sanctions requires a unanimous vote of all EU members. organizations, the financial sector and the energy sector of Russia. As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said earlier, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions dealt a severe blow to the global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. oil from Russia