EU leaders back partial ban on Russian oil imports into the bloc

After several weeks of drawn-out negotiations mostly stalled by Hungary, EU leaders on Monday (30 May) struck a political compromise to ban seaborne imports of Russian oil by the end of the year, but fell short of a full embargo.

The agreement falls short of the initial proposal by the European Commission, which envisioned banning all oil imports. [European Union 2022]

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