Swiss Minister of Economy Guy Parmelin said that the measures of Western sanctions against the Russian Federation in connection with the conduct of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, if they were to end hostilities, did not achieve their goals. as soon as possible. This has been reported TASS With reference to the Blick newspaper.
In an interview with the publication, the minister wondered if the sanctions against the Russian Federation were really effective.
“In this particular case, if the purpose of the sanctions is to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, I state that this goal has not been achieved to date,” said Parmelin.
According to him, it is rather difficult to answer the above question. The Minister argues that the result remains exactly the same, given that Russia has begun to export less oil to the West, but sells some of this amount to other states at different prices.
Council of the European Union at the beginning of June finally approved The sixth package of sanctions against Russia, in which EU countries plan to completely stop importing Russian oil within six months and Russian oil products within eight months. This applies to oil transported by sea, a temporary exception applies to pipeline oil.