EU acting like ‘suicide ship’ by keeping Russia sanctions – Slovak leader

Robert Fico has urged the bloc to lift “absurd” restrictions on buying oil and gas from Moscow

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has urged the EU to lift sanctions on energy exports from Russia and resume dialogue with Moscow, comparing the bloc’s policies to a “suicide ship.”

Since the beginning of the US-Israel war with Iran in late February, oil prices have risen by 60% and gas prices by 70% in the EU, according to European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen. The bloc had previously experienced price hikes after deciding to phase out deliveries from Russia due to the Ukraine conflict.

In a post on Facebook on Saturday, Fico blasted the EU for…

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