EU approved The 11th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation was announced at the European Council on Friday, 23 June. Under the restrictions, there were 87 companies, specifically “supporting the Russian military-industrial complex.” They are subject to stricter restrictions on the export of dual-use goods and technologies. expressions.
At the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively clarifiedthat the new EU sanctions package has already entered into force. restrictive measures accepted and the ministry said it opposes foreign firms that “help Russia circumvent sanctions and buy Iranian drones”.
The “black list” includes businesses from Armenia, Iran, China, the United Arab Emirates and Syria. TASS.
What are EU sanctions?
The new measures also include strengthening sanctions on exports of cars, electric vehicles and hybrids to the Russian Federation. In addition, the sale of air and gas weapons to Russia is prohibited.
The EU has banned the entry into its ports of vessels violating the oil embargo or price ceiling, as well as vessels that have turned off the automatic identification system while en route.
More than 100 citizens of the Russian Federation, including military personnel, officials, media workers and entrepreneurs, were included in the European Union’s sanctions lists.
The European Union has banned the entry of trailers and semi-trailers from the Russian Federation into its territory, supply Imports of electrical components, semiconductors, optical components, navigation devices and some metals along the northern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline to Germany and Poland, as well as to Russia.
In addition, Brussels imposed restrictions on Tsargrad, RT Balkan, Oriental Review, New Eastern Outlook and Katehon, “which are under the direct or indirect control of the Russian authorities and are used for ongoing and concerted propaganda against civil society.” EU and neighboring countries” comes after a press release from the Council of Europe.
EU prohibited Export of 15 categories of components for Russian weapons.
Mechanism to combat evasion of sanctions
Brussels has also put in place a mechanism that includes restrictions against third countries to combat the circumvention of sanctions.
“The mechanism will be used as a last resort and as a last resort where the EU’s communications with third countries or other individual measures established by the community in relation to them are deemed insufficient to prevent sanctions from being circumvented,” the publication says.
The EU has extended the ban on transit through Russia for goods from “a range of sensitive categories, such as advanced and aerospace technology.”
Companies that export products made of iron or steel to the EU provedeclares that the raw materials they use are not of Russian origin.
In addition, the European Union prohibits the sale, licensing or transfer of intellectual property rights to third countries and the trade of information that constitutes trade secrets in relation to the production of sanctioned goods. The text takes such measures to ensure that products that are identical in their parameters to European products “cannot be produced outside the EU”.
The next package of sanctions
Against this background, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk stated that the EU has already to start Working on 12th package of sanctions against Moscow, reports Polish Press Agency.
According to him, as part of the next package of sanctions, Warsaw wants to weed out “the four elements that make Russia financially rich”. Wawrzyk claims that we can talk about the ban on the export of diamonds from the Russian Federation.
Recall the meeting of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on May 9 with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev. announced “Even more sanctions against Russia” aimed at overcoming the practice of bypassing restrictive measures.
Previous 10th package of sanctions against Moscow accepted Brussels at the end of February 2023 is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the start. Special military operation in Ukraine. Then, restrictions were introduced on 121 natural and legal entities of the Russian Federation. In addition, large-scale restrictive measures were taken in imports and exports.