European Parliament: Stop imports of Russian gas and oil if Ukraine is conquered

The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the gathering of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, the attack on an arms depot in the Czech Republic, and the treatment of closed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, saying the EU should block Russian gas and oil imports if it invades Ukraine.

Russia deployed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukrainian border last month and organised a major military exercise in Crime.

If military building in the future becomes a Russian invasion of Ukraine, The EU must be clear that the cost of such a violation of law and international norms will be great,” said in the European Parliament resolution adopted by large Thursday.

If an invasion occurs, the European Union should stop importing Russian gas and oil, and Russia should be excluded from the SW international payment system The IFT, the eurodeputs said.

Also, then it must be blocked from all property of “orarchs near Russian authorities”, as well as their families' property in the European Union and their visas to stay in the European Union must be cancelled.

The resolution calls for <x0 use of dependence on Russian energy”, as well as the ban on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the removal of the “gold passports” programme.

It is a programme, mainly in Bulgaria, Malta and Cyprus, that allows foreign citizens to easily obtain citizenship if they invest part of their capital in the country. Critics of such programmes argue that it is being used by oligarchs associated with the Kremlin.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Baback announced this month that Russian military service GRU was responsible for the explosion of an arms depot in the Czech Republic in 2014, in which two Czech citizens were killed.

The attack, reported by Prague, was conducted by two operatives responsible for poisoning former Russian agent Sergei Scripal and his daughter Julia, a newcomer in England in 2018.

Prague responded by dismissing several Russian embassy staff while the Kremlin, which denies responsibility for the attack, responded with the same measure.

The European Parliament described the attack as a <x0 violation of Czech sovereignty” and an unacceptable “act of hostility”.

Lawmakers also called for the non-dedicated “liquidation of the most prominent Kremlin critic, Alexei Navlany, whose imprisonment was the politically-motivated “” and contrary to Russia's international obligations, the resolution said.