“Obviously, the main elements of the next package of anti-Russian unilateral restrictions, agreed under the slogan of combating dependence on Russia, will have a self-destructive effect for the European Union,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The department warned that the decision of the EU authorities to partially abandon Russian oil and oil products could provoke a further rise in prices, destabilize energy markets and disrupt supply chains.
Russia will adequately withstand the consequences of unilateral sanctions by the EU and remain a reliable trading partner in the international arena, the Foreign Ministry concluded.
Earlier it became known that the leaders of the EU countries agreed on a partial ban on the import of Russian oil.
The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, specified that this would not affect pipeline deliveries.