“An agreement has been reached on an embargo on Russian oil imports to the EU.

This immediately affects two-thirds of oil imports from Russia, ”RIA Novosti quoted Michel as saying on Twitter.

He confirmed that the sixth EU sanctions package also includes other measures, in particular, the disconnection of Sberbank from SWIFT.

Earlier, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, spoke about the preparation of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, one of the issues under consideration in which is the oil embargo.