The European Commission today proposed an eighth package of sanctions against Russia, given the “new escalation” of the Kremlin in its aggression against Ukraine, with the celebration of “fraudulent referendums”, partial mobilizations and the threat of resorting to nuclear weapons.
The new package of EU sanctions, presented today in Brussels by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, includes a ceiling in the price of Russian oilnew trade restrictions to deprive Russia of some €7 billion in revenue, a ban on exporting more products to deprive the Kremlin of key technologies for the Russian war machine, and an update of the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
Brussels also proposes in this new round of sanctions the prohibition of the provision of European services to Russia and the prohibition that EU citizens form part of the governing bodies of Russian state companies, arguing that “Russia should not benefit from the knowledge and experience.” ” of the Europeans. .
“In the last week, Russia escalated the invasion of Ukraine to a new level, and we are determined to make the Kremlin pay the price for this further escalation. Today, we are proposing a new package of very tough sanctions against Russia,” Von der Leyen announced.
Source: Observadora
