The Group of Seven (G7) countries are planning to impose an indirect ban on diamond supplies from Russia in the next two to three weeks. This was reported by Reutersreferring to a representative of the Belgian government.
According to him, the restriction should come into force in January.
In 2022, the United States imposed a ban on the import of Russian rough diamonds, as well as diamonds cut in Russia. At the beginning of September, European Council President Charles Michel announced that the European Union was also working on sanctions against the Russian diamond industry.
On September 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his meetings with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, stated that companies from European countries refused to supply Russian power equipment.
Before that, Sevim Dağdelen, a member of the Federal Assembly from the opposition Left Party It was recommended to cancel Sanctions against the Russian Federation for causing an increase in bankruptcies in Germany.
Formerly US Treasury extended Sanctions on Russian banks