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The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Buying Russian gas and oil has funded Putin’s war, says top EU official

Josep Borrell addresses MEPs at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France
Th EU’s foreign affairs chief addresses MEPs at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images

Vladimir Putin is able to finance his war machine thanks to EU payments for Russian gas and oil, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, has said.

Speaking in the European parliament, the Spanish former foreign minister told MEPs that the west should have acted more quickly in the face of Russian aggression over the last decade.

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