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EU energy ministers 'close' to deal on ridding Europe of Russian gas

A natural gas pumping station for gas imported from Russia, in Rebelszczyzna, near Warsaw, Poland. AP - Czarek Sokolowski

Energy ministers from the European Union gathered for crisis talks Monday to discuss the bloc's energy supply, days after Russia cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for their refusal to pay in roubles.

Top of the agenda are planned fresh sanctions – notably an embargo on Russian oil – over Moscow’s war on Ukraine. So far, the EU has imposed five rounds of sanctions on Russian officials, banks, oligarchs and companies.

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