Video. MEP Kols: Trump’s Russian diesel deal driven by ‘dubious motives’

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Rihards Kols? MEP (European Conservatives & Reformists)

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MEP Kols: Trump’s Russian diesel deal driven by ‘dubious motives’

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US President Donald Trump’s deal to lift restrictions on Russian diesel sends a “very bad signal” and is driven by dubious business motives, MEP Rihard Kols told Euronews’ Special Report.

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Kols is among more than 100 MEPs calling on the EU in a signed letter to maintain its support for Ukraine and impose a full embargo on Russian oil and gas imports into the bloc. He also told Euronews that EU member states continuing to import Russian energy lack moral standing.

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