The agreement between the ambassadors took place days before the third anniversary of the Russian Ukrainian invasion.
European Union He agreed on Wednesday Apply a new sanction tour In the midst of Russia, Donald Trump’s doubts about the long -term applicability of harsh restrictions, in the midst of the pressure of negotiating the fate of Ukraine. Trump’s Foreign Minister, Marco Rubio claimed that Europe will be called To the negotiation table to discuss a relief from sanctions to Kremlin.
“There are other sections with sanctions, The European Union will have to be on the table at some point because there are imposed sanctions, Rub Rubio said after meeting with the Russian counterpart in Saudi Arabia. Rubio stressed that he should compromise everyone. ” “Nobody is marginalized”. Nevertheless, the block is at least willing to protect his punishment policy for now.
The agreement, which was reached on Wednesday, was planned to deliberately come to the eve of the third anniversary of the occupation, which Colegio de commissioners plan to commemorate Kiev with a joint visit. This 16. Restriction Package Since February 2022. New sanctions introduced the prohibition of Russian primary aluminum imports, but an idea that has been discussed in the past, but It has never been approved because of the reluctance of some states Members are concerned about their economic effects.
Russian raw Aluminum represents about 6% of EU aluminum imports, which have decreased in recent years as European manufacturers move away from Russian suppliers. The EU has already banned some aluminum products from RussiaAlthough they represent only a small part of the purchases, such as cables, tubes and pipes. Now the prohibited, bullion, rough and sold in impacts and is expanded to the primary alumina, which constitutes most of the imported value.
In addition to the raw metal, The latest penalty package expands the black list To avoid Western restrictions on Kremlin’s oil trade and to maintain an important source of income to finance the war against Ukraine, against Russia’s “Shadow Fleet” against the oil tankers of the “shadow fleet”. Fleet consists of old ships And without insurance, deceptive practices such as transmission of false data are suspected, closes the carriers to be invisible, and closes more than one ship from boat to the boat to hide the origin of oil barrels.
These ships are very weak Brussels is afraid that they can pour oil and cause an environmental disaster near the territory of the block. Political pressure maximum Several eventsIn the Baltic Sea The “Shadow Fleet” is accused of sabotage against submarine cables. The “Shadow Fleet” is estimated to have about 600 ships, but there is no official figure because of the informative privacy of Kremlin.
China and India are the main Russian oil buyers todayIt is usually refined in its region and is re -sold with another label in the EU market. According to diplomats, the new EU sanction series contains 73 suspected ships on the black list of being a part of the shadow fleet. The total number means 153 ships. All of them were rejected to have access to EU ports and services.
The legal text of the block was reviewed to ensure that the shadow ships in the shade ships, including the captains, are included in the black list of ships and operators. Moreover, New sanctions limit the 13 Russian coast of the Swift electronics system and suspend the export licenses of eight Russian media. Official adoption is scheduled to meet in Brussels on Monday, on Monday.
