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The story of the oil and gas embargo takes place, in particular, against the backdrop of very high gas prices in Europe. This happened on February 24.
Therefore, the countries of the Western world have been angry with Russia for a long time. Oleksandr Solontai, director of the practical policy program at the Institute of Political Education, told Channel 24 about this.
In his opinion, the process of imposing the embargo is due not only to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, but also to record gas prices.
Russia's desire to take revenge has existed for a long time, Solontai emphasized.
In addition, the embargo is also a matter of money. Now we are talking about tens of billions of euros, as the expert explained.
Recall that the European Union has not yet voted for the 6th package of sanctions against Russia. He assumes that Russian oil will fall under the restrictions , several large banks, Russian TV channels and occupiers suspected of crimes against civilians in Bucha, Kyiv region.
Hungary is currently blocking the process of introducing new sanctions, demanding money from the EU in order to seamlessly close off oil supplies from the country -aggressor.
What we know about the oil embargo: the essentials
- The European Union plans to completely abandon Russian oil within 6 months and oil products within 8 months as part of the 6th package of sanctions against Russia.
- Since not all countries are ready to get rid of their energy dependence, the EU proposed to Hungary and Slovakia to delay the oil embargo until the end of 2024, and the Czech Republic until June 2024.
- At the same time, official Germany announced that it would abandon Russian oil until the end of 2022 and without oil EU embargo.
- Hungary is stubbornly demanding either money or an exemption for pipeline oil. The country wants up to 750 million euros for an oil embargo from the European Union.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has already spoken with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban about an embargo on Russian oil. She noted that progress has been made in the negotiations, but more work is needed.
- At the same time, EU High Representative Josep Borrell assured that every effort will be made to deal with the oil embargo.
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