EU SIXTH SANCTIONS PACKAGE RIDDLED WITH HOLES, OFFICIAL JOURNAL PUBLICATION SHOWS
June 27th, 2022
The publication in its official journal of the European Union’s (EU) sixth sanctions package against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has shown the EU bent over backwards to secure unanimity in its agreed restrictions of Russian oil imports.
Not only have all pipeline imports of crude oil from Russia been excluded from sanctions for the time being, Bulgaria was excluded from an otherwise unanimous block on tankered crude oil imports, which in any case will be phased out over six months. The EU did agree to phase out Russian refined petroleum products over ...
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