The EU quarreled over the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, the seventh will not be soon - Bloomberg
The EU's anti-Russian sanctions, which require unanimous approval from all 27 countries in the bloc, appear to have led to a rift over the position of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has blocked the latest package of measures for weeks. 
Bloomberg reported this with reference to its own sources.
In particular, EU ambassadors agreed to exclude Patriarch Kirill from the list of persons subject to sanctions proposed by the EU.
Orban reportedly first demanded to be removed from the list in early May, but the issue was not discussed at a meeting of EU leaders on Monday. The demand angered many EU ambassadors, but they eventually agreed to Hungary's demand to ensure new measures were taken.
"Hungary's intransigence may have destroyed any remaining goodwill with the other 26 EU members," one of the people said, adding that "Budapest will be more isolated than ever."
During a meeting of EU leaders on Monday, the bloc offered assurances that Budapest could find alternative sources of oil supplies if supplies through the Hungarian pipeline were disrupted.
EU leaders also signaled earlier this week that this could be the last major round of sanctions for a long time, as many in Europe are not ready to take on Russia's natural gas revenues because they are critically dependent on its supplies.
"This package is a big step forward, we need to slow down now," Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told reporters earlier this week, calling the gas embargo a "much more complex" issue.
Let us recall that on June 2, diplomats of the European Union, after much debate, finally approved the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which was not as radical as the most aggressive opponents of the Russian Federation had hoped.
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