Russia calls EU’s plan to ban Russian oil “madness in Oil & Companies News 28/02/2026 Russia’s Foreign Ministry criticized the European Union’s plan to permanently ban Russian oil imports, with spokeswoman Maria Zakharova calling the proposal an act of “madness” on Thursday. The European Commission is set to submit a legal proposal to permanently ban Russian oil imports on April 15, according to EU officials and a document seen by Reuters. The timing of the submission is scheduled for three days after Hungary’s parliamentary election. Zakharova stated that only a “madman” could propose such a permanent ban on oil imports from Russia. Source: Investing.com 2026-02-28 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share