Iranian drones, ports and media: the Council has approved the 11th Package of Sanctions Against Russia
"Our sanctions are already inflicting a heavy blow to the Russian economy and by the Kremlin's ability to finance its aggression. Today's package of measures increases our pressure on Russia and Putin's military car. Solve the problem of bypassing sanctions, we will increase the pressure on Russia as much as possible by depriving its resources, which She needs so desperately to continue her illegal war against Ukraine, " - the quote of the head of the European Parliament Josepa Borrel said.
According to the EU Council, new measures are aimed at combating the bypass of sanctions and include strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation with third countries, as well as providing technical assistance. If such measures are insufficient, the EU plans to take "fast, proportional and targeted actions in the form of appropriate individual measures in response to the participation of operators from third countries in the bypass of sanctions.
" If, as reported in the message, the problem will remain significant and systematic, the EU can apply "extreme measures" and limit the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technologies that are already forbidden to import into Russia, especially those that can be used for management Wars, regarding third countries, constituting "constant and particularly high risk" of bypassing sanctions.
New sanctions prohibit transit through Russia's territory of more goods and technologies that can be used for military purposes, aviation or space industry, as well as aviation and rocket fuels intended for transportation from the EU to third countries. An additional 87 companies that provide direct support to the Russian military-industrial complex were included in the list of the new package. These companies will apply more severe export restrictions.
Among them are four Iranian drones that supply them to Russia, as well as companies from third countries that assist Russia in the extortion of trade restrictions. The new sanctions package has expanded a list of goods that can be used by Russia for military purposes.
This list has been added electronic components, semiconductors, equipment for the production and testing of electronic components and printed boards, as well as components of optical devices, navigation equipment, metals used in the defense industry, and marine equipment. The sanction list also includes 5 new media, including RT Balkan, Oriental Review, Tsargrad, New Eastern Outlook and Katehon.
They are recognized as controlled or indirectly under the control of the Russian Federation and used for manipulating information. The ban on transportation of goods to the EU by road transport trailers and semi -trailers registered in Russia was expanded. In order to counteract attempts to deceive and circumvent sanctions related to the transportation of oil and petroleum products, the ports and gateways of the EU are prohibited from accessing ships that translate from a ship to a vessel.
This is applied if the competent authorities have sufficient reason to believe that the vessel violates sanctions on imports of Russian oil and petroleum products or transports oil purchased at a price higher than a certain limit. Sanctions are also applied to persons and companies at the personal level, whose names and names have not been voiced in the EU Council.
We will remind, the day earlier, June 22, WSJ reported that in the European Union they want to establish a new regime of sanctions, which will impose a ban on export to third countries for assistance to Russia in the bypass of restrictions. On June 21, the Ambassadors of the European Union agreed the 11th package of sanctions against Russia.