Blood money

As long as Europeans buy Russian natural resources, there will be money flowing into the war against Ukraine. 

In each barrel of Russian oil you import, there's Ukrainian blood. 

- MP

Mr Shmyal spoke to the BBC's Clive Myrie and described money given to Russia for oil and gas as "blood money... to buy weapons from which they kill Ukrainians." Buying it is financing Russian war crimes. You can't buy just a little bit and be complacent. 

Vladimir Putin sells 5m barrels of crude oil per day, a large share of which goes to Europe. As EU leaders gather to discuss the crisis, we call on people everywhere to boycott Russian oil now. Russian oil is funding the invasion of Ukraine and the murder of innocent people. We must cut off this funding at the source. This trade can and must be stopped through pressure brought by you, the consumer, on companies and governments.