Brussels
brussels is finalizing a new package of sanctions against russia - the eu should agree on a decision in december
in December. It is expected to include
restrictions on trade in Russian precious stones and preventing the circumvention of
sanctions through third countries. However, according to POLITICO , there will be no
will be new measures against Russian liquefied natural gas, as well as attempts to reduce the
the maximum price of oil, reports
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Details
12th
package of sanctions for Russia may be approved by the EU next month. The new
The new sanctions list includes more than a hundred legal entities and individuals from Russia.
diamonds.
At the same time, according to
However, according to the latest drafts of the documents to which POLITICO had access, there are no new measures against Russian
liquefied natural gas. It is also stated that the existing proposals do not interfere with
the global sale of fuel produced from Russian oil by third
countries, and Moscow's lucrative nuclear energy deals are not yet
hindering Moscow's lucrative nuclear energy deals. Negotiations on lowering the maximum oil price, according to the newspaper, allegedly reached a deadlock several weeks ago.
Another negative factor is the approval of the sanctions package by all EU members.
sanctions package by all EU members. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced his intention to block this decision.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Szijjarto, who wrote on his Facebook page that before
to agree on the 12th package, it is necessary to analyze the effectiveness of the previous
eleven packages. Other negotiators fear that more decisive steps will harm European industry and consumers.
The biggest
attempt of the latest package of sanctions to reduce sales of Russian oil is the measures
aimed at strengthening the fight against evasion of the existing price cap of
60 dollars per barrel. The Group of Seven countries agreed on this step
last year, along with the EU and Australia. It also places requirements on buyers to prove that they are not buying Russian oil
at a price higher than the upper limit and then hide additional costs in the form of
insurance or transportation fees.
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On the other hand, the industry of
Turkey, China, and India are engaged in a booming trade, buying Russian oil and refining it into
gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other products that, as it turns out, can be sold
to Europe without restrictions. Ukraine has previously called on Brussels and London to stop this practice.
practice.
EU countries also
continue to import significant volumes of Russian liquefied natural gas.
gas, a practice that shows no signs of stopping. Against this backdrop, the
Russia has announced plans to triple gas production despite Western sanctions
and climate change policies.
An unnamed diplomat
The EU told POLITICO that there is a
general understanding that "the only thing you can sanction is gas and
LNG, [but] there are member states that will never agree to that."
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Earlier in
November, the Biden administration published new sanctions targeting a major
LNG-2 project in the Russian Arctic. The new measures mean that any
company involved in the LNG-2 project could be blacklisted by the United States.
list of the United States.
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