EU Energy Phase-Out Won’t Sway Russia’s Position

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Europe’s accelerated plans to phase out Russian energy imports will not impact Russia’s stance, reaffirming Moscow’s openness to diplomatic solutions in Ukraine while accusing the EU of pursuing a hostile and ineffective sanctions policy.

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00:00Europe's plans to phase out Russian energy and commodities more quickly will not affect

00:05Russia and will not force it to change its position, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

00:10said on Wednesday. The European Union Executive's Head Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday

00:15after a call with U.S. President Donald Trump that the European Commission would propose

00:19a faster phase-out of Russian fossil fuel imports. Peskov also said that Russia would

00:25prefer the crisis in Ukraine to be resolved through diplomacy. He said Russia maintains

00:30its position, it and remains open to negotiations. He added that EU's initiatives are hostile toward

00:36Russia and that they mistakenly believe that continuing the sanctions policy can somehow

00:41influence the position of the Russian Federation.

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