Sweden Calls for EU Ban on Support for Russias Oil, Gas-Shipping Fleet

Stockholm’s foreign minister also called for a ban on importing Russian fertilizer and exporting European luxury goods to the country.The Swedish flag in Stockholm on April 4, 2020. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images1/12/2026|Updated: 1/12/2026Sweden called on the European Union to ban companies from providing any support to Moscow’s oil and gas shipping fleet on Jan. 12.Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard also called for sanctions on Russian fertilizers and a halt to the export of luxury goods to the country, in comments at an annual security conference in the Swedish town of Salen.Guy Birchall is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories with a particular interest in freedom of expression and social issues.Author’s Selected Articles