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title: "EU/Russian Oil Embargo?"
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**Hardly. Despite suggestive headlines. Perhaps the EU isn’t as insane as had been suspected? Perhaps?**

<https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-oil-sanctions-eu-leaders-agree-to-ban-90-of-russian-oil-by-year-end-3715065>

> **The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline**.
> 
> Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive branch, said the punitive move will **“effectively cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year”**
> 
> **Both Mr Michel and Ms Von der Leyen said leaders will soon return to the issue, seeking to guarantee that Russia’s pipeline oil exports to the EU are banned at a later date.**

**Looks as if the EU bought some time.. likely with the hope the Russia/Ukraine situation will be resolved.**