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Pretending to be dead in front of the German parliament — protesters say Germany and the EU have blood on their hands. "Every single day one billion of European money is going to Russia to kill Ukrainians," said Olha Sytnyk, protest organizer. The European Union has acted with unprecedented speed and unity in sanctioning Russia, but energy is the 27-country bloc's weak spot.
(TASS) MOSCOW - The sixth package of sanctions against Russia may include some form of an oil embargo, though it is necessary to make sure the damage to the European Union's (EU) member states is minimized, according to European Commission (EC)Executive Vice President, Valdis Dombrovskis, in an interview with The Times published on Monday. "We are working on a sixth sanctions package and one of the issues we are considering is some form of an oil embargo. When we are imposing sanctions, we need to do so in a way that maximizes pressure on Russia while minimizing collateral damage on o...
Against the civilians in kramatorsk. we have ukraine and we continue to help ukraine on all those levels. >> after those atrocities that we saw in bucha, french president emmanuel macron said he wanted the eu to ban russian oil and coal. as i mentioned, $38 million worth of russian oil have been bought since the war began. the eu succeeded in banning coal purchases, but it's still not able to do so on oil. will france push other members of the block to outright ban russian oil in the eu? >> well, first the eu, as we have said, has not only banned coal imports, but in this last package has also...
Natural gas, making the first eu sanctions that target the lucrative energy industry following the invasion. but missing from those sanctions, for now at least, is the kremlin's real money maker, oil. although australia, britain, canada, and the u.s. have all imposed outright bans on russian oil purchases, the european union's 27 member states have made energy payments around $38 billion since the invasion began. and a crucial election could further upset the balance of power in europe. tomorrow, france, a key nato player, will begin the first round of its presidential elections. and the resul...
President macron. if one of them wins, are you worried that france could join hungary and start down a path of being not as pro-nato as some would like it to be? what's the risk here for france if one of the far right candidates wins this election? >> well, ayman, we are at the eve -- on the eve -- of the presidential election. so, i will, of course, not be able to commend them. i understand the interest which is taken in elections, since france is holding right now the presidency of the european union. france is a dominant member of the security council and united nations. and france is an im...