Oil rocker. Archival photoBRUSSELS, May 31.According to the results of the first day of the summit in Brussels, the leaders of the EU countries agreed on a partial ban on oil imports from Russia, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel. EU. This immediately affects two-thirds of oil imports from Russia,» he wrote on Twitter. According to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, by the end of the year, the EU will actually reduce imports of Russian oil by 90%. Michel also confirmed that in the sixth sanctions package , which will include a partial oil embargo, include other measures, in particular, disconnecting Sberbank from SWIFT, a ban on three Russian TV channels broadcasting in the EU, and individual sanctions. The West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow after the start of a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. The EU countries are seriously considering the possibility of abandoning Russian oil and gas. At the same time, some states, in particular Hungary, blocked the sixth package of sanctions for a long time. President Vladimir Putin stated that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for unfriendly countries, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West both in politics and in the economy. oil
