13.02.2023, 19:24
Politico reported on the EU's plans to include four Russian banks in the new package of sanctions
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The European Union is going to include four Russian banks, including Alfa-Bank, in the new package of sanctions, as well as impose a ban on the supply of a number of goods to Russia, Politico reports, citing sources.
"The new financial sanctions will affect four Russian banks, including Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest private bank," the newspaper informs.
In total, 130 individuals and legal entities are planned to be included in the sanctions lists, including military personnel, state media journalists, as well as companies and individuals in other countries associated with the Russian military industry or with the Wagner group.
In addition, the EU wants to impose a ban on the import of rubber and bitumen from Russia. Brussels also wants to ban the work of Russian citizens on the board of companies serving the most important infrastructure, for example, the electric grid, as well as gas suppliers.
In addition, export restrictions may apply to deliveries from the EU to the Russian Federation of trucks and other heavy vehicles, construction equipment and other machines used in the construction sector. The EU authorities are also planning additional bans on the export of electronic components to Russia that can be used in the production of weapons.
However, the sources noted, it is unclear whether the new sanctions package will affect diamonds.
In addition, Brussels plans to blacklist a shipping company based in Dubai, which is suspected of helping Russia to circumvent existing sanctions. But the sources clarified that during the discussions from the Mediterranean countries there were objections to this measure.
Earlier, the EU reported that they plan to introduce the next, tenth package of sanctions against Russia at the end of February.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that according to the plan, the tenth package of sanctions should, among other things, include bans on the supply of "goods to Russia, an alternative to which is almost impossible to find." She added that it will be about goods that, according to EU estimates, the Russian military-industrial complex needs.
"The new financial sanctions will affect four Russian banks, including Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest private bank," the newspaper informs.
In total, 130 individuals and legal entities are planned to be included in the sanctions lists, including military personnel, state media journalists, as well as companies and individuals in other countries associated with the Russian military industry or with the Wagner group.
In addition, the EU wants to impose a ban on the import of rubber and bitumen from Russia. Brussels also wants to ban the work of Russian citizens on the board of companies serving the most important infrastructure, for example, the electric grid, as well as gas suppliers.
In addition, export restrictions may apply to deliveries from the EU to the Russian Federation of trucks and other heavy vehicles, construction equipment and other machines used in the construction sector. The EU authorities are also planning additional bans on the export of electronic components to Russia that can be used in the production of weapons.
However, the sources noted, it is unclear whether the new sanctions package will affect diamonds.
In addition, Brussels plans to blacklist a shipping company based in Dubai, which is suspected of helping Russia to circumvent existing sanctions. But the sources clarified that during the discussions from the Mediterranean countries there were objections to this measure.
Earlier, the EU reported that they plan to introduce the next, tenth package of sanctions against Russia at the end of February.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that according to the plan, the tenth package of sanctions should, among other things, include bans on the supply of "goods to Russia, an alternative to which is almost impossible to find." She added that it will be about goods that, according to EU estimates, the Russian military-industrial complex needs.
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