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SCHWEDT, Germany – For decades, crude oil transported from Russia has been transported to a giant refinery in Schwedt, a market town on Germany’s Oder River, which provides jobs for thousands of people and a reliable source of gasoline, jet fuel and fuel oil. population of Berlin.
Now, as European Union member states struggle to agree on the terms of an oil embargo aimed at punishing Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, the Schwedt refinery has the main obstacle in Germany’s efforts to break its dependence on Russian oil. This outlook alarmed the refinery’s 1,200 employees.
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