Overview
- The EU approved the 20th sanctions package on Thursday after Slovakia and Hungary ended objections once flows on the Druzhba oil pipeline to Central Europe restarted.
- The package tightens rules on moving Russian oil and gas and adds sanctions on oil producers and refineries.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the hydrocarbon limits will have dire consequences given tight global supplies and will price poorer countries out of energy.
- She warned the measures threaten food security because they add fertiliser curbs, with TASS reporting a new quota on ammonia imports.
- Russia said it will take tough retaliatory steps against the EU in response to the new restrictions.