Germany to end Russian oil imports by the end of the year. Germany had signaled before that it was ready to ditch Russian oil as well as Russian gas. Hungary remains opposed to an embargo. Germany is upping the ante in its confrontation with Russia, saying that it will end Russian oil imports by the end of the year, whether or not the EU agrees to a total embargo. The government in Berlin is already negotiating with alternative oil suppliers, Bloomberg reported , citing officials who declined to be named, and it is confident that the next six to seven months will be enough to solve the logistical problems surrounding such a complete switch of suppliers. The European Union has been discussing an oil embargo on Russia as part of its sixth sanction package, but it has been unable to convince all member states to vote for an embargo. […]