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EU chief proposes Russian oil ban in new round of sanctions

EC President Ursula von der Leyen also called for three Russian major banks to be disconnected from the SWIFT system and for a ban on three state-owned broadcasters [Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg]

The European Union’s executive has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia, among other measures, in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also proposed on Wednesday that three major Russian banks be disconnected from the SWIFT international banking payment system and called for a ban on three state-owned broadcasters.

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