EU leaders agree to partial embargo of Russian oil imports
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZT2W)
Two-thirds of imports will be banned and Sberbank ejected from Swift but Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia to keep supplies
The European Union has agreed to a partial embargo on Russian oil after late-night talks at a summit in Brussels.
The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, hailed the deal as a remarkable achievement", after tweeting on Monday night that it immediately covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia, cutting a huge source of financing for its war machine".
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