European Commission proposed to make exceptions from sanctions against Russian oil

the European Commission (EC) suggested making exceptions to the oil sanctions against Russia for the European Union, strongly dependent on Russian oil, the official representative of EC Eric Mamer at a briefing in Brussels said.

“We proposed to take into account the special situation of the states [EU], which, due to our geographical location, are strongly dependent on Russian pipeline oil. We are monitoring that our measures are not unbalanced and that all countries have access to oil, – quotes His TASS.