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That is the reason European countries do not block Russian oil exports. There are sanctions and if there is any chance of stoping a ship in line with international law is being used. However it is not a full blockade.
What the US is doing to Cuba is not a "blockade" either, in the dictionary definition. The US is just sanctioning the shit out of anybody who sells oil to Cuba. Which is evil, but legal under international law.
I am not sure about legal as it is causing civilian death. It is a grey area and in violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. Of course no one is really enforcing these against the US sooo...
Possibly. But at least it is a grey area, not obviously illegal. Unlike e.g. Iran shooting random third party civilian ships in an international shipping lane, which is unambiguously illegal.