It is also likely to involve disconnecting more Russian banks from SWIFT.
The European Union is developing plans for the sixth package of sanctions against Russia , which should include “some form of ban on imports of Russian oil.” This was reported by Politico, citing four diplomats.
According to them, the new measures may also include the disconnection of more Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system.
Plans for the sixth package sanctions are set to be presented to EU countries early next week, sources said.
Earlier, Ukraine officially addressed the Secretariat of the Energy Community, the European Union and the countries participating in the Energy Cooperation Treaty with a proposal to impose a ban on energy imports from Russia .
Before that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expressed the opinion that the sixth package of EU sanctions will include an embargo on Russian oil.
That sooner or later the EU will have to take measures against imports of gas and oil from Russia strong>, said the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly called for an end to dependence on Russian gas and oil: he believes that Russia allows itself to attack other countries because it is convinced that Western countries depend on its oil and gas to resist her actions. To reduce its dependence on Russian gas, Germany has agreed to cooperate in energy with Qatar .
In particular, the United States and Denmark have refused Russian oil. In the second half of March, four of the world's largest oil service companies left the Russian market: Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, and Weatherford.
. Austria is not ready for “gas” sanctions against Russia – Minister According to the politician, the country will support any other restrictions of the aggressor country. Russia uses at least four submarines for missile strikes in Ukraine – experts This way the occupiers can launch missiles from a depth of 50 meters, making it difficult for Ukraine to capture them. Ukraine's security guarantees will not be identical to Article 5 of the NATO Charter – Johnson The option under discussion should help Ukraine be confident in the inaccessibility of its territory. Tomorrow may open a rubber corridor from Mariupol – Vereshchuk Collection time – at 10:00.
