The EU promised to “close loopholes” with a new package of sanctions against Russia

REUTERS previously wrote that the 10th package of sanctions against RUSSIA could be introduced on February 24. The HEAD of the EC confirmed the preparation of the package and indicated that

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed the preparation of the tenth package of sanctions against Russia and noted that it will mainly focus on closing loopholes in the measures already taken. She told CNN about it.

“Round 10 will mainly focus on closing existing loopholes, ending attempts to circumvent [sanctions] and ensuring that these attempts have huge consequences for those who apply them,” said von der Leyen.

Earlier on January 17, she promised Russia "decades of recession" due to EU-imposed sanctions. “We have imposed the most severe sanctions in history, as a result of which the Russian economy will plunge into recession for decades, and its industry will be deprived of modern and important technologies,” said the head of the European Commission.

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Since the end of February 2022, the EU has approved nine packages of sanctions against Moscow. They affected the financial sector and the stock market, exports and imports, international reserves, air traffic, sports and culture, etc.

Earlier that the European Union may introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia as early as February 24, 2023, Reuters reported citing diplomatic sources. According to the agency, the new restrictions are being lobbied by Poland and Lithuania, which are pushing for sanctions against the nuclear sector. In addition, the interlocutors of the agency said that the “hawks of the EU” intend to come up with a proposal to ban more “Russian propaganda media” and exclude more Russian banks from the global SWIFT system.

As several deputies in the European Parliament later clarified to Izvestia, within the framework of the tenth package, the EU is discussing the imposition of sanctions against Patriarch Kirill, Rosatom, the EXPORT of diamonds, as well as lowering the price ceiling for Russian oil .

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Moscow has repeatedly called the sanctions illegal and hurting those who impose them. At a meeting on January 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the dynamics of the Russian economy in 2022 turned out to be "better than many expert forecasts." “According to the Ministry of Economic Development, colleagues will still say that the gross domestic product of Russia in January-November 2022 decreased, but only by 2.1%, while they predicted us - remember, and some of our experts in the country, inside us, I don’t I’m talking about foreign experts, they predicted a fall of 10, 15, and even 20%, ”Putin said.