Borrell spoke about the approval of the 6th package of sanctions against Russia/Collage of Channel 24
EU countries have almost reached an agreement on the 6th package of sanctions against Russia. In particular, they talk about an oil embargo for Moscow.
The publication published the relevant information with reference to the words of the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell. He stated this on May 5, on the 71st day of the war that Russia launched against Ukraine.
The EU almost agreed on the 6th package of sanctions against Russia
European Union countries are “nearly ready” to agree on the bloc's proposed new package of sanctions against Russia, including an oil embargo, the report said.
Josep Borrell explained that he hopes that the countries will reach an agreement.
“They have almost achieved this. And we need this agreement, because we must further increase our economic and financial pressure on Russia,” the supreme Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy.
Briefly about the 6th package of sanctions against Russia
- On May 4, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the EU is presenting the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. First of all, we are talking about disconnecting Sberbank and 2 more banks from the SWIFT system, as well as a ban on the import of Russian oil.
- On May 3, the media wrote that the EU plans to impose an embargo on Russian oil. Hungary and Slovakia will not be forced. The first country is often on the side of Russia, while the second is 95% dependent on Russian oil and has no access to seaports.
- Again, according to preliminary data, the EU plans to abandon crude oil within 6 months , and from oil products – until the end of 2022. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen explained that Putin must pay a price, a high price, for his brutal aggression.
- In addition, sanctions will be imposed against Russian military leaders involved in war crimes, in particular in Bucha.< /li>
- According to the press, Patriarch Kirill, who is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and who “blessed” the Russian troops for the war, will also be subject to restrictions. The Russian Orthodox Church also settles citizens forcibly displaced from Ukraine in its monasteries and shelters.
