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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

UK and EU on collision course as Brussels fails to set ‘clear timetable’ to boycott Russian gas

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The UK and EU are on a collision course over the lucrative gas exports funding Russia’s assault on Ukraine, after Brussels ignored a plea to set a “clear timetable” to eliminate supplies.

The clash will come to a head at this week’s G7 meeting, when Liz Truss will confront fellow foreign ministers with a demand for much tougher sanctions that would send Moscow’s economy “back into the Soviet era”.

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