The EU adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia: what was included in it
The countries of the European Union officially introduced the 14th package of sanctions against Russia.
About this reported on Monday the Council of the EU.
Its central element was sanctions against Russian liquefied gas. The European Union does not ban its import, but European terminals will no longer be used for the re-export of LNG to third countries. This applies to both “board-to-board” raid transshipment and ship-to-shore transshipment.
In addition, the European Union banned the supply of goods, technologies and services to Russian LNG plants, such as Arctic LNG-2 and Murmansk LNG.
What else was included in the 14th package of EU sanctions:
- Additional tools to combat circumvention of previous sanctions
- a ban on the use of the Russian analogue of SWIF, (SPFS), which the Central Bank of Russia created to circumvent previous sanctions;
- a ban on transactions with targeted credit and financial institutions and suppliers of crypto-currency assets that finance the defense of Russia;
- political parties and media companies in Europe will be prohibited from receiving money from Russia;
- ban on charters to and over Europe, if they are used by citizens of Russia;
- strengthened export restrictions against sixty companies and organizations associated with Russia’s military-industrial complex. Some of them are located in third countries: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates;
- extension of the export embargo on certain machines and all-terrain vehicles;
- the extension of the export embargo on certain goods for industry: manganese ore and compounds of rare earth metals, plastics, earthmoving equipment, monitors, electrical equipment; strengthening of restrictions on the import of helium from Russia;
- a ban on the export of Ukrainian cultural values, which are suspected to have been illegally taken out of the country;
- protection tools for companies whose assets were expropriated in Russia
“Our sanctions have already significantly weakened the Russian economy and prevented Putin from carrying out his plans to destroy Ukraine, even as he continues his illegal aggression against civilians and civilian infrastructure. The 14th package of sanctions demonstrates our unity in support of Ukraine and the desire to limit Russia’s criminal activities against Ukrainians, including attempts to circumvent EU measures.”, – said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
