BBCNEWS BBC News July 7, 2024
portrait in the louvre museum in paris. by the end of the year, the eu will be blocking 90% of its oil imports from russia. that is the message coming from the eu member states as they imposed further sanctions against vladimir putin's government — over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc agreed to ban more than two—thirds of russian oil imports straight away at a summit in brussels, where hungary — heavily dependent on russian oil — resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant for reasons of climate as...