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EU Boosted Oil Imports From Russia to 8-Month High in October

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union increased oil imports from Russia to 687.5 million euros ($717 million), the highest since February this year, according to Sputnik's analysis of Eurostat data.
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In February, Russia supplied 690 million euros worth of oil to the EU.
The increase in October was mainly due to a doubling of exports to the Czech Republic to 185.9 million euros from 91.3 million a month earlier. Supplies to Hungary also increased significantly, by half to 233 million euros. In addition, the Netherlands increased its imports to 60.7 million euros from 40.5 million a month earlier.
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But Slovakia, on the contrary, reduced its purchases of Russian oil in October by 8% to 207.9 million euros.
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