german economic and climate protection minister robert habeck speaks during a panel discussion at the world economic forum 2022 wef in the alpine resort of davos switzerland may 23 2022 reutersarnd wiegmann berlin may 23 reuters  the european union will likely agree an embargo on russian oil imports within days german economy minister robert habeck told broadcaster zdf on monday habeck warned however that an embargo would not automatically weaken the kremlin as rising prices were enabling it to rake in more income while selling lower volumes of oil therefore one consideration was to no longer pay any price for oil but to agree on upper limits he said for that to work however many countries would have to get on board reporting by hansedzard busemann and sarah marsh editing by leslie adler