EU must end all economic ties to Russia as fast as possible, German finance minister says

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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a joint push assertion with French Economic climate Minister Bruno Le Maire (not pictured) at the Finance Ministry in Berlin, Germany March 31, 2022. Tobias Schwarz/Pool by means of REUTERS

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BRUSSELS, April 4 (Reuters) – The European Union have to work toward reducing all economic ties with Russia more than its “prison” war in Ukraine, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner reported on Monday, but forged question more than an instant embargo on Russian gas imports.

“We are working with a prison war,” Lindner in Brussels ahead of talks with his EU colleagues. “It is obvious we should end as quickly as possible all economic ties to Russia. Fuel simply cannot be substituted in the short phrase.”

He claimed that all possibilities had been on the desk and that an encompassing ban on all Russian strength imports would inflict more economic problems on EU member states than on Russia.

Thus the EU ought to search independently at the probability of banning oil, coal or gas, which can be changed at different speeds.