Ukraine applied to the Secretariat of the Energy Community, the European Union and the countries participating in the Energy Cooperation Treaty with a proposal to introduce a ban on the import of energy resources from the Russian Federation. Adviser to the Minister of Energy Lana Zerkal wrote about this on her Facebook page..

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She added that Ukraine sets before the EU and countries such as Georgia and Serbia, an ambitious, but quite possible task to stop funding the punitive police, law enforcement agencies, the state machine and propaganda tools of the Russian Federation.

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As an urgent measure, Ukraine proposes to impose an embargo on all Russian energy carriers, which can be easily replaced. In particular, it is proposed to ban deliveries by sea, rail and road transport (coal, tanker oil, fuel and LNG).

In the short term, it is proposed to declare an embargo on Russian pipeline oil. The decision should come into force in 6-9 months, when countries readjust their markets.

" This period will give manufacturers enough time to offer and conclude new long-term contracts with European customers and ramp up production,” Zerkal wrote..

It is also proposed to introduce special accounts for the accumulation of all funds from the sale of Russian pipeline gas.

In such sanctions of the Iranian or Iraqi type, the gas must be allowed through, but payments must be kept in a deposit account in the EU. Such payments may be released in exchange for Russia's compliance with certain security conditions.. An alternative could be the introduction of a special duty on Russian energy products, which will reduce the proceeds from their sales to a level determined by the European Commission.

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President of the European Parliament: EU dependence on the Kremlin's energy resources is financing the war in Ukraine.

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The fact that sooner or later the European Union will have to take measures against the import of gas and oil from Russia was also stated earlier by the head of the European Council, Charles Michel..

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.

From Russian oil refused, in particular, the United States and Denmark. 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.