US President Donald Trump has demanded that allies stop buying Russian oil before he moves on punishing Moscow, and told them to hit China with tariffs.

But Trump’s requests do not seem feasible, and the EU notes that it has already hammered the Kremlin with sanctions.

Meanwhile, diplomats fear it could be a ploy by Trump to again stall on taking a tough stance against Russia himself.

– Stopping oil purchases? –

In a Truth Social post over the weekend, Trump said he would impose “major sanctions” on Moscow if all NATO countries stopped buying Russian oil.

The 27-nation EU has already banned most imports of Russian oil after the Kremlin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, slashing the share of oil it imports from Russia from 29 percent in early 2021 to two percent by mid-2025.

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