Hungary demanded not to include Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the list of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union, Bloomberg reported citing informed sources

Germany and other European countries dependent on gas supplies from Russia may have to resort to fuel rationing during the winter due to shortage, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Tuesday

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that the European Union should lose no time starting to discuss new sanctions against Russia but admitted that a gas embargo would realistically not make it into the seventh package, given its potential impact on European consumers

The EU permanent representatives will develop a legal framework on the sixth package of sanctions against Russia on June 1, including temporary exemptions for landlocked member states, European Council President Charles Michel said on Tuesday

Adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Energy Lana Zerkal warned on Thursday that Kiev might decide to do something about the Hungarian Druzhba oil pipeline that runs through the Ukrainian territory, due to Budapest's unwillingness to abandon Russian oil

The sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which proposes among other points an embargo on Russian oil imports, should be adopted as soon as possible, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Tuesday

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of reaching an agreement on an embargo on Russian oil at the upcoming EU summit at the end of May

Hungary is interested in accelerating the construction of the new blocs at the Paks nuclear power plant (NPP) to make them operational by 2030, as Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom expressed readiness to implement the project, Hungarian Foreign and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday