Its foreign ministers today adopted the 16th economic package against Russia, with the completion of three years of “full -scale invasion” of Russia and aggressive war against it.
“For three years, Ukraine has been bombarding Ukraine, trying to steal a land that does not belong to it,” the EU’s high spokesman said in a statement.
At the same time, he notes that this new round of sanctions is not only targeting the Russian shadow fleet, but also those who support the function of unsafe oil tankers, video game controllers used to pilot drones, banks used to bypass EU sanctions. Russian propaganda. Mrs Callas also adds that “with the ongoing talks to end Russia’s aggression, we must put Ukraine in the strongest position.”
How the Kremlin responds to the new sanction package
“Russia is not seeing common ground for renewing dialogue with Europe in time,” Kremlin Press spokesman Dimitri Peskov said shortly after the announcement of the EU’s 16th announcement against Moscow. This move in Europe opposes Russia’s and US efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine, the Kremlin adds.
What does the new package of sanctions against Russia include
The new sanctions package includes, inter alia, measures against the so -called “shadow fleet” of Russia, adding 74 additional ships to the list of ships subject to port access and prohibition of seams related to maritime transport and uploading the total number of ships with penalties in 153.
This measure is targeting out -of -EU tankers, which are part of its shadow fleet that bypassing the maximum oil price mechanism, support the Russian energy sector or ships responsible for transporting military equipment for Russia or stolen Ukrainian grain.
In addition, 48 persons and 35 entities responsible for actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine are added to the list of sanctions against natural or legal persons.
Also, for the first time, the EU is imposing a ban on transactions on credit or financial institutions installed outside Russia using the Central Bank of Russia’s “SPFS). SPFS is a specialized financial messaging service developed by the Russian Central Bank to neutralize the impact of restrictive measures. At the same time, there is a ban on the provision of specialized financial messages to 13 regional banks that are considered important for Russian financial and banking systems.
In terms of trade, the EU Council added 53 new entities to the list of those who directly support Russia’s military and industrial complex to its offensive war against Ukraine. They will be subject to stricter export restrictions on dual -use goods and technologies, as well as goods and technology that may contribute to the technological improvement of Russia’s defense and security sector.
One third of these entities are Russian while the others are in third countries (China, including Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan) and have been involved in bypassing trade restrictions or have been involved Sensitive objects required, for example, for UAV and rockets used For Russian military operations.
In addition, today’s decision expands the list of objects under limited to the technological improvement of Russia’s defense and security sector, adding data on the development and production of Russia’s military systems, such as: Chloropicrin’s chemical precursors and others, software that software It is associated with Computer Numerical Control Machines (CNC) and chrome engines.
The EU also introduced further restrictions on the exports of goods that contribute to the strengthening of Russian industrial potential (chemicals, certain plastics and rubber) and their transit through Russia, as well as further restrictions on imports of primary aluminum, which generates significant revenue for Russia for Russia. .
EU black in Russian media
The Council has decided to suspend EU broadcast licenses to eight Russian media under the permanent control of the Russian leadership and to ban them from broadcasting their content.
These Russian media are: Eadily / Eurasia Daily, Fondsk, Lenta, Newsfront, Rubaltic, Southfront, Strategic Culture Foundation and Krasnaya Zvezda / Tvzvezda.
“These media have been substantial and decisive for promoting and supporting Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine and destabilizing its neighboring countries and the EU and its Member States,” the Council said in a statement.
