Some countries of the European Union (EU) objected to the introduction of fines for not providing information about current assets in Russia. In this respect writer Political newspaper.
The publication noted that the draft fines were discussed during the discussion of the 10th package of sanctions against Russia. Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, France and the Czech Republic, which also refused to impose fines, stated that many more details needed to be checked before introducing this mechanism.
According to the publication, Poland and the Baltic states could not impose sanctions on the Russian nuclear sector because of Hungary. We are talking about the fact that the Hungarian and Russian sides are building two new nuclear reactors.
February 22 Reuters, citing the source reportedThat the diplomats of the EU countries, during the discussion of anti-Russian sanctions, could not agree on the obligations regarding rubber and reports on Russian assets in Europe.
Prior to that, Frank Media wrote that the French group Societe Generale will sell its last presence in Russia, a representative office of the rental company ALD Automotive. According to the publication, the Russia and Belarus divisions of ALD could be sold to Expocap, a structure formed by Expobank owner Igor Kim to purchase subsidiaries of foreign companies leaving Russia.