Foreign Minister Penny Wong has applauded the world’s biggest oil refinery for vowing to stop using Russian crude to produce petrol and diesel for the Australian market, as Australia and the European Union move closer to striking a sweeping free trade deal.

This masthead reported this week that the largest Indian supplier of fuel to Australia, Reliance Industries, said it would end the use of Russian oil at its export refinery from the start of December.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong welcomed moves by a major oil exporter to stop buying Russian crude. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

The Australian-Ukrainian community, however, is still calling on the government to close all loopholes allowing Russian-origin oil into Australia and join the European Union and Britain by vowing to stop a

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