The analyst claims that Robert Fico is mixing two different things – a package of sanctions and a cut -out plan from Russian energy raw materials by the end of 2027, presented by the Commission.
This can happen for the first time. Robert Fico is threatened by using the sentence in the case of other anti -Russian sanctions, although so far Slovakia has always voted for them in Brussels. Already 18. The sanction package was presented by the European Commission this week.
The Prime Minister claims that the upcoming package will not support the upcoming package unless the full stopping of energy supply from Russia, which is planned by the end of 2027, is not compensated.
The upcoming package of European measures against the Russian Federations should include a reduction in the ceiling of the oil price and the Nord Stream pipeline, through which Russian gas flows to Europe. Sanctions also count on the disconnection of several Russian banks from the International SWIFT banking system.
Expert: Union only continues to do what he does
The new proposed sanctions are mainly aimed at the Russian energy and financial sector.
Sanctions are part of European pressure on Russia to end an aggressive war against Ukraine. “Russia is cruel, aggressive and poses a danger to all of us,” said the chairwoman of the commission Ursula von Der Leyen when she announced the sanctions together with the head of European diplomacy by Kaja Kallas.
The upcoming package includes a reduction in the oil price ceiling from $ 60 to $ 45 per barrel and a ban on the use of Nord Stream pipelines for the transport of gas between Russia and Germany. It also counts on the disconnection of another 22 Russian banks from the International SWIFT banking system, while the current partial prohibition for Russian financial institutions will extend to a complete ban on transactions.
“It is a continuation of what the European Union is already doing. If other banks are included there, any business exchange with Russia will be complicated,” explains Radovan Geist, an EURAVAN GEIST policy expert.
The reduced price of oil per barrel Russia will also hit, but according to the expert, it has one condition. This is that the EU is able to prevent it by circumventing the reduced price by the so -called shadow fleet. Thanks to it, Russia can circumvent sanctions through third countries when it exports oil to other countries and then sell it to the West.
