President Macron has called on the nation to brace for a Russian gas cutoff by saving energy French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on the government and citizens to prepare for a total halt of Russian natural gas supplies, restricting energy use whenever possible.

Domestic needs and technological sovereignty are the country’s primary concern, according to the Trade Ministry Russia should focus its economic policy on prioritizing domestic needs, the country’s minister of industry and trade, Denis Manturov, said on Friday at a plenary session in the State Duma.

Imports of the commodity will be included in the new package of sanctions, an EU commissioner said The European Union will ban Russian gold as part of its seventh sanctions package and seek to “close exit routes” for those bypassing its earlier restrictions, EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday, according to the Associated Press.