'Maximise pressure on Russia': European Union preps Russian oil embargo within six months

Cecilia Keating
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Russia supplies Europe with a quarter of its crude oil and 40 per cent of its fossil gas | Credit: iStock
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Russia supplies Europe with a quarter of its crude oil and 40 per cent of its fossil gas | Credit: iStock

Member states set to debate proposal to phase out imports of Russian crude within six months

The European Union has vowed to ban imports of Russian oil within six months, and associated refined products within a year, in a bid to significantly ramp up economic pressure on Moscow over its illegal...

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