Western countries will continue to impose restrictive measures against RUSSIA due to military operations in Ukraine, but the choice of new defendants in the sanctions lists is becoming smaller, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, RBC correspondent reports.
“It is clear that they have a certain shortage of objects for sanctioning. This explains the illogical inclusion in the list of certain individuals or legal entities,” he said. According to Peskov, "new legal entities and individuals will be added to the lists in an absurd way."
Sanctionsagainst Russia on the anniversary of the special operation.What is important to know Economics
On February 24, the anniversary of the Russian military operation, New Zealand and Australia, Great Britain, CANADA and the United States announced new sanctions against Russia . Russian governors, ministers and their relatives, as well as some foreign citizens and companies for their help in circumventing restrictions, fell under the American measures; sanctions affected 11 Russian banks, as well as aluminum imports. Ottawa added to the lists employees of the presidential administration, members of the government and deputies of the State Duma, including hockey player, participant in the USSR Super Series - Canada Vladislav Tretiak, as well as the FSB and the Main Directorate of the General Staff.
The next day, the tenth package of measures was presented by the European Union. 87 individuals and 34 organizations fell under the sanctions, including Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova and President of the Research Institute of Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology, co-chairman of the central headquarters of the ONF Leonid Roshal. Brussels explained the inclusion of the latter in the list by the ONF campaign to raise funds for the military from the DPR and LPR, as well as his statements in support of the hostilities.
Under the EXPORT sanctions of the European Union fell dual-use goods, electronics, spare parts for cars and jet engines, goods for the construction sector. Brussels banned the import of Russian bitumen and synthetic rubber to the EU countries. According to the European Commission, the tenth package of sanctions covers the export of goods to Russia in the amount of €11.4 billion (for 2021) and imports from Russia in the amount of €1.3 billion. The Russian permanent mission to the EU called the measures illegitimate.