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The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, revealed this Sunday that Washington is

talking with its allies in Europe

to ban the import of oil from Russia, in what would mean a

new blow to the Russian economy

in retaliation for the war .

in Ukraine.

Blinken, who is in Moldova, explained in an interview on CNN that yesterday, Saturday, he spoke on the phone about this issue with

US President Joe Biden

and other members of the government.

"We are now -he explained- talking with our

European allies and our allies to look

in a coordinated way at the possibility of prohibiting the import of Russian oil while we make sure that there is a sufficient supply of oil in global markets. The talks are very active ".

Banning oil imports

would deprive the Kremlin of an important source of revenue

, but could hurt the world economy by driving up already-high energy prices, which is why Western governments have been reluctant to adopt such a policy. measure for now.

In the US, Democratic and Republican lawmakers have pressured Biden in recent days to get Washington to stop

buying oil and crude oil products from Russia

, arguing that the revenue from these imports is used by the Kremlin to finance the war in Ukraine.

In addition, this Saturday, the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelensky, met virtually with 280 members of the US Congress and asked them for help

to ban the import of oil

from Russia, to which many legislators expressed their support.

back.

Although the Russian oil ban has gained support in the US domestically,

the European Union (EU) has yet to express

its approval.

Also in an interview this Sunday with CNN, the president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Berlin, reiterated her

desire for Europe to stop depending on Russia

, diversify its energy sources and accelerate its investment in renewable energies.

However, he declined to comment

on any talks with Washington

about Russian oil.

The US only imports 7.9% of oil from Russia

The EU depends on Russia for energy supply, as it

imports 41% of the natural gas and 27% of the oil

it consumes from that country, according to 2019 data from Eurostat.

Unlike the European Union, the US has the capacity to produce its own gas and oil thanks to hydraulic fracturing and other forms of extraction, although it continues

to import energy from other countries because its domestic consumption

is much greater than internal production.

The United States, however,

is much less dependent on Russia

and only imports 7.9% of its oil from that country, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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