Ten EU countries call for sanctions on Russian gas, LNG

A group of 10 European Union nations is pushing to toughen sanctions against Russia by introducing further restrictions on natural gas and bolstering the enforcement of a price cap on oil.

The allies, which include Sweden, Ireland, Poland and the three Baltic nations, want to prohibit imports of pipeline and liquefied natural gas to the bloc to limit the revenues that the Kremlin uses to finance the war in Ukraine.

Restrictive measures require unanimous approval from the EU’s 27 member states, which has become an increasingly difficult hurdle with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban openly skeptical of such steps.