Austria stops importing and refining oil from Russia, OMV reports

Austria stopped importing and refining oil from Russia in March, the Austrian oil and gas company OMV, an official with OMV told TASS on Thursday.

According to the representative of the Austrian company, at OMV's refineries in Austrian town of Schwechat and German town of Burghausen the share of Russian crude oil has always been quite small. "In March, we replaced these volumes with other crude oil from the market. Currently, we do not refine Russian oil," a representative of the Austrian company said in response to a relevant question.