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HISTORICAL FACTS: Eu agrees ban on more than two thirds of russian oil imports - Caught on Camera

French President Emmanuel Macron attends the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium May 30, 2022. © Johanna Geron, Reuters

European Union leaders reached a compromise Monday to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of sanctions that was blocked by Hungary.

The watered-down embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.

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