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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

EU is still largest importer of Russian oil due to loophole in sanctions, report claims

EPA

The European Union is still the largest importer of oil products from Russia among the countries that have imposed some of the strictest sanctions on Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine, new data has revealed.

It is because the EU indirectly imported oil from countries that have become the main buyers of energy from Moscow undermining its own sanctions.

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