EU Term Presidency Sweden’s official social media account, “Today, the ambassadors of EU countries agreed on the 11th package of sanctions against Russia.” has been shared.
“The package includes measures aimed at countering evasion of sanctions and individuals to be listed,” the post said. expression was used.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said: “I welcome the political agreement regarding our 11th sanctions package.” made its assessment. Stating that the sanctions will deal another blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “war machine” with additional export restrictions, von der Leyen noted that institutions supporting the Kremlin are also targeted. Von der Leyen stated that they will prevent Russia’s access to products under restrictive measures by closing the gaps in the current sanctions.
All details of the new sanctions package have not been shared yet.
The 11th sanctions package prepared by the EU against Russia focused on preventing the breach of the existing sanctions and filling the gaps in the sanctions.
The package expanded the list of prohibited products to be sent to Russia, included elements to prevent these products from passing through third countries as well as establishing a new tool to combat the circumvention of sanctions.
The EU has implemented 10 sanctions packages against Russia so far.
Within this framework, a wide range of restrictions were applied to Russia on trade, finance, energy including oil and coal, industry, technology, transportation, dual-use and luxury goods, and gold. The assets of more than a thousand people and more than 200 institutions were frozen.