MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has compared the European Commission’s eagerness to impose new sanctions on Russian oil amid the European Union’s energy crisis to mice that, according to a famous joke, "kept gnawing on a cactus despite crying and getting pricked."

Earlier, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the European Commission wanted to include new restrictions on Russian oil in the 22nd sanctions package, despite Europe’s energy crisis.

"The mice cried and got pricked, but kept gnawing on the cactus," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman wrote on her Telegram channel.