The EU on Monday told member states to prepare for a possible complete breakdown in gas supplies from Russia, insisting that it would not cede to Moscow’s demand that imports be paid for in rubles.
The European Commission was yesterday to propose to member states a new package of sanctions to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine, including an embargo on Russian oil, officials said.
However, energy and environment ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday addressed the larger and potentially more complicated issue of Russia’s natural gas, upon which several countries, including Germany, depend for much of their power generation.
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