The EU's new sanctions on Russian oil could jeopardize India's $15 billion fuel exports. These sanctions target refined petroleum products made from Russian crude, potentially restricting access to European markets.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the latest European Union sanctions package was part of the bloc's "consistent anti-Russian" stance.

India condemned the "unilateral sanctions" by the European Union targeting a Rosneft-linked refinery in Gujarat and urged the EU to avoid "double standards" in energy trade.

Bratislava is requesting that the vote on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia be postponed until the European Commission (EC)

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Council said in a statement on Tuesday that it had imposed sanctions on seven individuals and three entities "responsible for actions aimed at destabilising" Moldova, whose leaders are bidding to join the EU by 2030.

Foreign ministers from the EU's 27-member nations are meeting in Brussels in the wake of a new aid deal for Gaza, largely forged by the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to choke off Russia’s oil revenue via secondary sanctions would deal a hammer blow to Moscow's finances, but markets are betting that the risk of higher energy prices will keep Washington from following through.