Tallinn. File photoBRUSSELS, May 31.It is becoming increasingly difficult for Europe to impose new sanctions against Russia, as they already seriously affect the interests of the EU countries themselves, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said before the start of the second day of the EU summit in Brussels. «Negotiating any new sanctions will be much more difficult. Until now they hurt Russia, but now they also affect Europeans. It is much more difficult politically to make such decisions,» the head of the Estonian government explained. She noted that it was very difficult to agree on an oil embargo, but reaching an agreement on the gas issue «will be even more difficult» «I think that gas should be in the seventh package, but I'm a realist, I don't think it will be there,» Kallas concluded. «/>Michel: oil coming through the pipeline will not fall into the sixth package of sanctions European leaders, following the results of the first day of the summit in Brussels, reached a political agreement to impose a partial oil embargo against Russia as part of the sixth package of sanctions. New restrictions will affect the supply of oil by sea. Pipeline oil does not fall under these sanctions. Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo said that an exception was made for Hungary and the Czech Republic. In particular, Prague will be able to temporarily continue purchasing Russian diesel fuel. Budapest will receive a deferment to upgrade its refining capacity, which is now designed for Russian oil. The sixth package of sanctions must go through the process of formal agreement and approval by the EU Council. The document will enter into force after publication in the official journal. The West has stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow after the start of a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. The EU countries are studying the possibility of abandoning Russian oil and gas. The sixth package of sanctions was blocked for a long time by some states, in particular Hungary. 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 US and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
