The economy commissioner says it is not the time to ease pressure on Russia
Brussels has criticised the US decision to extend a sanctions waiver on Russian oil sales, warning that the move will only increase Moscow’s financial gains since the start of the Iran war.
“From the EU point of view, we do not think that this is the time to ease pressure on Russia,” Valdis Dombrovskis, EU economy commissioner, told reporters on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of G7 finance ministers in Paris.
“In fact, Russia is the one which is gaining from the war in Iran and the increase in fossil fuel prices,” he added. “Correspondingly, if anything, we need to strengthen that pressure.”
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