“There is growing frustration in the European Union that the damage that sanctions can inflict on Russia has reached the maximum possible level,” the authors of the article, John Folin and Alberto Nardelli, note in the article, “that the EU has exhausted the tools to harm Russia.

The authors of the article touched on the plans of the European Union to impose an embargo on Russian oil supplies as part of the next package of sanctions against Moscow, and also explained that Greece did not allow a ban on the transfer of Russian oil to third countries. country by tankers from EU member states, Hungary opposes the ban. It was also noted that a number of European countries agreed to switch to the Russian ruble in payments for Russian gas.

Regarding the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which is divided on the issue of the Russian oil embargo as Hungary opposes the move, the authors of the article said that “some leaders in the European Union are now leaning towards an ambiguous agreement that will allow the main pipeline to Hungary to continue deliveries. “and other countries”.