Archive · 12 Jan 2026
Sweden Proposes EU Ban on Russian Oil, Gas Shipping Support
Sweden's foreign minister suggested that the European Union should stop helping Russian ships that carry oil, gas, and coal.
She also proposed punishing Russia for selling fertiliser and stopping the sale of expensive items like clothes and wine to rich people in Russia.
The EU has already punished Russia many times since it started a war in Ukraine.
Russia makes a lot of the world's fertiliser, and the EU buys some of it.
The minister thinks these new rules would make it harder for Russia to keep doing bad things.
Sweden's foreign minister proposed an EU ban on supporting Russian oil and gas-shipping fleet, including transport, reloading, insurance, and port repairs.
Additional sanctions suggested include targeting Russian fertilisers and stopping luxury goods exports to Russia.
The EU is preparing its 20th sanctions package against Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Russia produces over 20% of the world's fertiliser and supplies around 25% of the EU's fertiliser imports.
The EU has already imposed 19 sanctions packages since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- Who
- Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard
- What
- Proposed EU ban on support to Russian oil and gas-shipping fleet, sanctions on Russian fertilisers, and luxury goods exports to Russia
- When
- Proposed on January 12, 2024
- Where
- Annual security conference in Salen, western Sweden
- Why
- To increase pressure on Russia and punish it for its war in Ukraine
- Proposed Ban
- Support to Moscow’s oil and gas-shipping fleet
- Additional Sanctions
- Russian fertilisers and luxury goods exports to Russia
- Current Sanctions
- 19 packages imposed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022
- EU's 20th Sanctions Package
- Aimed at punishing Russia for its war in Ukraine
- Russian Fertiliser Exports
- Russia’s third-biggest export to the EU
- Global Fertiliser Production
- Russia produces more than 20% of the world’s fertiliser
- EU Fertiliser Imports
- Russia supplies around 25% of the EU’s fertiliser imports
- EU Tariffs on Fertiliser
- Imposed in July 2023