Europe will buy oil via third countries: Russia

Europe will continue buying Russian oil via third countries once EU countries introduce an embargo, a Russian official predicts.

Senior MP Vladimir Dzhabarov told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency Europe’s leaders “have gone a little crazy”.

“They say we won’t buy oil from us. Well, don’t buy it, we don’t push it to you,” he said, reports BBC.

“You will still buy it, only through third countries. Our oil is the same, only more expensive.”

The European Union’s chief executive has proposed a phased oil embargo on Russia, as well as sanctioning Russia’s top bank and banning Russian broadcasters from European airwaves.