The EU agreed on the sixth package of packages against Russia: a partial embargo on oil and the disconnection of Sberbank from SWIFT
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The leaders of the bizarre application did agree on a sixth levy package against Russia late Monday night, which includes a partial embargo on Russian oil imports and Sberbank’s disconnection from the SWIFT system.
“An agreement to ban Russian oil exports to the EU to better disclose two-thirds of Russia’s oil imports, cutting back on a large amount of funding for its war machine.
Under the valuation of oil delivered by sea. The EU has decided to leave imports through the Druzhba pipeline, on which Hungary depends, for the time being. She was against a total embargo against Russia.
Charles Michel said following a press conference that the decision to leave Russian oil imports to oil pipelines is temporary.
EU leaders also agreed on a public system of interbank payments SWIFT, as well as a ban on the operation of three more Russian state media on their territory.
“This package includes other tough measures: disconnecting the federal bank Sberbank from SWIFT, banning three more Russian state broadcasters and a meeting on those responsible for Ukrainian citizens in Ukraine,” he tweeted.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who initiated the sixth package, said on Monday evening that the application by the end of the year is aimed at reaching 90% of oil imports from Russia.
She also said at the end of the discussion that the EU is working on a €9 billion safety net to cover its current accident needs.
Earlier it was reported that part of this assistance is provided in the form of grants, and part – in the form of concessional loans. What this ratio will be and from what sources the EU intends to finance the program is still unknown.
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The media also reported on Monday that from the sixth package of meetings against Russia, it was decided to ban the ban on the European economy for Russians – these statistics, according to Bloomberg, were abandoned under pressure from Cyprus.
The decision taken today came after the deadline, after which it will be published in the Official Journal of the EU and then come into force. This is expected to happen in the environment.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters before the start of an extraordinary application summit on Monday that the European Commission, in his opinion, approached the issue of a ban on Russian oil imports to EU countries without an answer.
According to Orban, the European Commission did not agree on the refusal of energy exports from Russia with the EU countries, which is why many questions about the ban on refusal were not answered.
“Energy is a serious thing. We need solutions first, and only then sanctions,” he said.
Charles Michel in a letter stating the unwillingness to discuss the EU’s proposed oil embargo at a summit of the bloc’s leaders.
The Hungarian government compared the ban on Russian oil imports to dropping a nuclear bomb on its share.
Budapest seeks from Brussels the implementation of losses, it turns out with the refusal to buy oil in Russia.
Before the start of the EU summit, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposes to introduce some kind of price equalization mechanism so that Hungary, responding to the proposal of an embargo on Russian oil, does not wait until it imports its revenues.