New sanctions: ‘Putin’s yachts’, Sberbank, Zakharov …
Europe On June 2, the union’s ambassadors adopted the sixth package of sanctions against Moscow for Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.
In this package Russia including a partial embargo on oil.
RFE / RL’s Azerbaijani Service reports that the latest version of the sanctions list Russia The head of the Orthodox Church, Cyril, has no name.
That’s it news As in the oil embargo against the inclusion of the patriarch’s name in the list, Hungary has again left.
News The full package of sanctions will be published in full on June 3.
Portable in sea tankers Russia The embargo on oil will come into force later this year. European Union In this regard, it did not make concessions to Hungary and ban oil transported by pipelines.
Hungary, as well as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, buy oil from Russia via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline.
However, the sanctions effectively ban 90 percent of Russian oil.
The new sanctions package will remove Russia’s Sberbank from the SWIFT payment system.
Besides European Union It has expanded the list of Russian individuals and legal entities.
Kirill was also saved by Orban
Patriarch Kirill’s name will be included in the EU sanctions list. Lithuania to list his name offer had done.
Vilnius said that some of Kirill’s statements were in support of the war against Ukraine.
But that’s it protest Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that listing Cyril’s name would be against religious freedom.
EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said the list of the 6th package would also include “disinformation”.
The names of those on the list will be announced on June 3.
Violinist and his singer wife
Violinist and his singer wife
Vladimir Putin and the yacht carrying Alexander Lukashenko