Sooner or later, the European Union will have to resort to measures against gas and oil imports from Russia, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel.

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Michel recalled that the fifth package of EU sanctions against Russia involves a ban on coal imports from Russia, a ban on Russian ships entering EU ports, a ban on working with a number of Russian banks in order to further weaken the Russian financial system.

According to the head of the European Council, these measures will be coordinated within the G7.

At the same time, in a statement by the European Commission the day before, it was specified that the sanctions that the EU is going to impose on Russian ships will not affect the transportation of agricultural products, energy resources and humanitarian goods..

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly called for eliminating dependence on Russian gas and oil: he believes that Russia allows itself to attack other countries, because it is sure that Western countries depend on its oil and gas and will not be able to normally resist its actions. To reduce dependence on Russian gas, Germany agreed to cooperate in the energy sector with Qatar.

The United States and Denmark refused Russian oil, in particular. In the second half of March, four of the world's largest oilfield services companies exited the Russian market: Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford.