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Reports: EU drafts plans for Russia energy payments
By EUobserver
The EU Commission is drafting plans to allow firms to pay for Russian oil and gas without breaking EU currency-related sanctions by setting up dollar or euro accounts at Russian lender Gazprombank and letting the bank convert the money into roubles, Bloomberg reports, citing EU sources. Europe is still in talks on imposing a Russia oil embargo, in a decision expected later this month.