BRUSSELS - Even before the MH17 disaster, EU countries were discussing a potential ban on Russian oil and gas imports if worst comes to worst. A text, drafted by the European Commission in late April, outlines what the EU is calling its "stage three" sanctions.
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People stand near a poster promoting an annual meeting of Russia's gas giant Gazprom in Moscow, June 27, 2014.