VIENNA May 31Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, after the agreement of the leaders of the EU countries on a partial ban on the import of Russian oil, said that Moscow would find other buyers of raw materials. oil embargo and thus unblocked the approval of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. The restrictions will affect two-thirds of oil imports from Russia. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Brussels will actually reduce oil imports from Russia by the end of the year by 90%.
"As she rightly said yesterday, Russia will find other importers. It should be noted that she now contradicts her statements yesterday. A very rapid change in mindset demonstrates that the EU is not in good shape", Ulyanov wrote on Twitter, commenting on the words of von der Leyen.
The sixth package of sanctions against Russia still has to go through the formal approval process. For the adoption of sanctions, the consent of all members of the European Union is required. The West has increased sanctions pressure on Moscow after the start of a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. The EU countries have already consecutively introduced five packages of anti-Russian sanctions due to the situation in Ukraine. The adoption of the sixth package was delayed due to the refusal of a number of countries, in particular Hungary, to support a complete renunciation of oil purchases. Earlier it was reported that the European Union, in order to enlist the support of Budapest, agreed to exclude supplies via the Druzhba oil pipeline from the sanctions package. President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of unfriendly countries, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world 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 in both politics and economics. oil does not give the expected effect