The EU announced the disconnection of new Russian banks from SWIFT

The European Union may adopt the sixth package of sanctions against RUSSIA at the next meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, said the HEAD of European diplomacy Borrell.The next meetings of the Council are scheduled for May 10 and 16 Josep Borrell

The European Union will introduce the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which, among other things, will provide for the disconnection of new Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system. This was stated by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, reports the Venezuelan channel VPI.

“There will be more Russian banks that will be disconnected from the SWIFT system. In the energy sector, we are also looking for measures that will affect the import of Russian oil, ”he said after a meeting with Panamanian Foreign Minister Erica Muines during an official visit to this country.

Borrell expressed hope that the new anti-Russian sanctions "could be approved at the next meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council." The next EU Council meetings are scheduled for May 10 and 16.

“I am sure that, at least with regard to oil imports, this agreement will be possible to reach by the next meeting of the EU Council,” he said (quoted by El Periodico).

Poland will propose to the EU to introduce a tax on energy resources from Russia Business

In early March, the EU approved the disconnection from SWIFT of seven Russian banks - VTB, Rossiya, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and VEB.RF. The payment system has previously stated that it intends to comply with the sanctions imposed against Russian banks.

Now the European Union is preparing the sixth package of sanctions. According to BLOOMBERG, Politico, NBC, The New York Times and other media, it provides for a "definite ban" on Russian oil imports and exclusion of Russian banks from SWIFT.

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Thus, NBC, citing European and American diplomatic sources, reported that Brussels would approve an embargo on Russian oil this week. According to the channel, the decision should be announced by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

The sanctions will not affect gas supplies, because "Europe is much more dependent on them than on oil," writes NBC.

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German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on May 3 that Berlin is ready to support an immediate EU embargo on oil from Russia. “Of course, this is a heavy burden, but we would be ready to do it,” he said. According to REUTERS, Germany's agreement will allow the EU to impose an embargo within a few days.

The Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland, Anna Moscow, in turn, said that Poland at the summit in Brussels will propose to introduce a tax on Russian energy carriers, which will cover coal, gas, oil and other types of energy carriers.

“It will be a special fee, a tax, the amount of which depends on the degree of dependence on Russian raw materials,” she specified. According to the Polish minister, such a step will help reduce the dependence of the EU countries on Russia.

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