The EU agreed new sanctions against 13 Russian banks

What banks are in question, FT interlocutors did not specify. According to the newspaper, 73 oil tankers of the “shadow fleet” used by Russia for oil export will also be under sanctions. In addition, the package establishes a gradual prohibition of the purchase of certain types of Russian aluminum products, the sources said.

“We continue to support Ukraine and imposing sanctions against [России]Because this is the right decision aimed at preserving international rules and order, protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, ”said one of the EU diplomats, familiar with the new package, in a conversation with FT.

Context. The EU ambassadors agreed to new sanctions against Russia the day after the iconic meeting of the Russian and American delegations in Riyadh. Moscow and Washington negotiated for the first time after the beginning of the Special Russian military operation in Ukraine. The EU fears that the approach of Russia and the United States leads to a weakening of economic pressure on Russia, one of the European officials who participated in the development of the 16th Package of Sanctions said FT.

The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, in an informative session, according to the results of the negotiations, said that the sanctions became the consequence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and to finish it “it is necessary that all the parties make concessions ” “At some point, the European Union will have to sit at the negotiating table, since it also imposed sanctions [на Россию]”, – He emphasized Rubio.