The European Commission has requested this Friday to advance the veto to the purchases of Russian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and expand financial sanctions, including the cryptocurrency sector or card payment, to prevent Kremlin from continuing to be financed through elusion systems in third countries.
In the energy field, Brussels aims to sanction those refineries, oil merchants and petrochemical companies that collaborate with Russia with special attention to countries like China, that play a key role in this type of operations.
The sanctions proposal is part of the nineteenth package of measures against Russia, which must now be approved by the twenty -seven Member States of the European Union, which could be complicated due to the reserves of countries such as Hungary and Slovakia.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed that this round of sanctions responds to “Disregard for diplomacy and international law” Shown by Russia, pointing out the recent attacks on the civilian population and official buildings in kyiv,
In addition, von der Leyen condemned the air invasions of drones in Poland and Romania, qualifying these actions of “incompatible with the search for peace“And warning that Moscow is intensifying the pressure on the European Union.
