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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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