this List of people sanctioned for ties diet Vladimir Putin and Russia’s involvement in its war in Ukraine continues to increase. Mergers of 217 new names and 18 organizations blacklisted European union, Increasing the number of persons who cannot enter European territory and whose assets and property must be frozen by the European authorities to 898 and 32 organisations. Putin’s two daughters are expected to be on the list until the decision is published in the EU Official Journal. Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsovaas well as several oligarchs from the close circle of the Russian president, including the aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripasta. According to Brussels, by now Member States are already frozen 30 billion assets.
According to the European Union, among those imposed new sanctions are oligarchs and businessmen who played a “key” role in the occupation. There are also high-ranking officials of the regime, actors in disinformation campaigns, and systematic computer manipulation to spread the Kremlin’s offensive narrative of Ukraine, as well as relatives of people who have already been sanctioned, as well as relatives of people they wish to close any potential loopholes, like Putin’s daughters. sanctions. In total, since the beginning of the war, the EU has included about 900 names and 32 companies on a list since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. 1,091 people and 80 organizations. This last battery included 179 members of the so-called governments and parliaments of Donetsk and Lugansk.
As confirmed by the European Commission this Friday, so far half of the member states He notified Brussels of the measures taken to freeze the assets of the sanctioned persons. €30 billion includes goods and assets such as boats, helicopters, houses and other works of art. They’re also blocked €196 billion financial transactions. The Community Manager provided these figures within the framework of the high-level group formed in March to improve coordination on enforcement of sanctions. Russia and Belarus. This is a platform aimed at coordinating the actions of member states to freeze and seize assets of Russian and Belarusian oligarchs.
8 thousand million coal embargo
The fifth sanctions package also includes the veto. Russian coal importsmeans that it will be applied with a transition period of four months or 120 days for contracts already in force, that is, effective from 8 August. Although the European Commission initially estimated the impact for the Russian economy at 4,000 million per year, the latest figures, updated by Brussels, for 2021, add to the impact. 8 billion per year.
The new sanctions package also confirms the access ban. european ports Number of vessels flying the Russian flag, with the exception of agricultural and food products, humanitarian aid and energy transport. attribution road transport banThe possibility of Russian and Belarusian operators to transport goods is also limited, including in transit, but there are exceptions for pharmaceutical and medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat, as well as humanitarian aid.
four banks
In financial matters, and as Brussels has suggested, crossings are outright banned and the assets of four other Russian banks frozen –Sovkombank, Novikombank, VTB and Otkritie– It accounts for 23% of the market share in the Russian banking sector, which will further weaken Russia’s financial system. In addition, high-value crypto-asset services to Russia have been banned to close possible loopholes in previous rounds of sanctions and to give trust advice to Russian millionaires to make it harder for them to keep their wealth in the EU.
Another of the important stages of the new tour, trade with the aim of limiting Russian exports As well as important materials, from 10,000 million worth of quantum computers to semiconductors, software or precision machinery and chemical products. russian imports such as products that will affect this occasion vodka and other spirits, including high-quality seafood caviar, Wood, cement and fertilizers It is worth 5,500 million euros. In addition, to continue to close gaps in European legislation and prevent Moscow from evading sanctions, Russian companies will not be able to apply for public tenders in Member States and Russian public companies will be excluded from access to any form of financing. For example, Brussels will suspend all payments under European programs such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, Euratom and Erasmus+, and there will be no new contracts.