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[00:00.04]The European Union (EU) has agreed to ban the majority of Russian oil imports.
[00:07.72]The agreement marks the biggest move yet to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine.
[00:16.24]Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24,
[00:21.12]Western nations have sought to punish Russia economically for its aggression.
[00:28.16]But targeting the energy sector has proven difficult.
[00:33.32]The EU depends on Russia for 25 percent of its oil
[00:39.24]and 40 percent of its natural gas.
[00:43.00]European countries that are even more heavily dependent on Russia
[00:48.56]have been especially resistant to act.
[00:52.68]EU leaders agreed late Monday
[00:55.72]to cut around 90 percent of all Russian oil imports
[01:00.48]brought in by sea over the next six months.
[01:04.80]The ban permits a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.
[01:11.48]The exemption was critical in bringing Hungary on board with the decision,
[01:17.04]which required approval from all EU leaders.
[01:22.04]Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
[01:25.32]had made clear he could support the oil ban
[01:28.76]only if his country's supply was guaranteed.
[01:32.60]Hungary gets more than 60 percent of its oil
[01:36.84]from Russia through the Druzhba pipeline.
[01:41.84]Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Tuesday
[01:45.92]called the oil ban, or embargo, a "big step forward."
[01:51.56]Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin called it "a watershed moment."
[01:56.80]A watershed moment describes a major event
[02:00.52]that changes the direction of a situation.
[02:05.00]Both leaders also noted that Europe would need time
[02:09.00]to get used to the effects of the ban.
[02:12.12]They said any additional bans on Russian energy
[02:16.24]could only come slowly, if at all.
[02:19.96]Dmitry Medvedev is the deputy head of Russia's Security Council.
[02:26.00]Medvedev is also a former Russian president and prime minister.
[02:31.24]He said Tuesday that energy sanctions against the country
[02:36.20]were meant to hurt Russian citizens
[02:39.16]by making it harder for the government to fund social programs.
[02:44.28]"They hate us all! The basis for these decisions is hatred for Russia,
[02:50.28]for Russians, and for all its inhabitants,"
[02:54.04]Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
[02:57.80]Simone Tagliapietra is an energy expert
[03:02.44]and research fellow at the Brussels-based organization Bruegel.
[03:07.56]She said Russia would likely have to sell its oil
[03:11.28]at a lower cost to other buyers.
[03:14.24]She called the embargo "a major blow."
[03:17.84]Russia has also made moves to withhold its energy supplies,
[03:22.96]even with the economic damage it could suffer as a result.
[03:27.44]Russian energy company Gazprom said it cut natural gas supplies
[03:33.44]to Dutch trader GasTerra on Tuesday.
[03:37.28]The move was announced before EU leaders agreed to the embargo.
[03:42.60]Russia already cut supplies to Bulgaria, Poland and Finland.
[03:48.52]It is considering doing the same to Denmark.
[03:52.48]GasTerra said homes would not be affected;
[03:56.12]it had bought gas from other countries
[03:58.88]because it expected a possible shutoff.
[04:03.00]Talks on Tuesday at EU headquarters in Brussels
[04:07.20]centered on ways to end the EU's dependence on Russian energy.
[04:13.32]Leaders also expected to discuss how to help Ukraine export
[04:17.08]millions of tons of grain trapped inside the country
[04:21.12]as a worldwide food crisis grows.
[04:25.40]Leaders are calling on Russia to halt its attacks
[04:29.64]on transport infrastructure in Ukraine
[04:33.20]and lift its blockade of Black Sea ports so that food can be shipped.
[04:40.48]Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia has
[04:45.24]prevented the export of 22 million tons of grain,
[04:49.92]much of it meant for people across the Middle East and Africa.
[04:55.00]He accused Russia of "deliberately creating this problem."
[05:00.80]I'm Ashley Thompson.
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