“In May, the EU made a number of decisions that complicated the Russian oligarchs and businessmen with the avoidance of sanctions. It reports Twitter account of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) Andriy Sibiga. According to Sibiga, thanks to amendments, individuals and legal entities that help to avoid sanctions by oligarchs – they themselves face the threat of restrictions. “The EU is no longer required to prove that a particular Russian oligarch should be subjected to”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
In May, the EU has approved a number decisionshowand complicated by Russian oligarchs and businessmen avoiding sanctions.
About it reports Twitter account of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) Andrei Sibiga.
According to Sibiga, thanks to amendments, individuals and legal entities that help to avoid sanctions by oligarchs – they themselves face the threat of restrictions.
“EU no longer need to prove that a particular Russian oligarch should be subjected to sanctions, but on the contrary, oligarchs should prove the opposite. It is a great strategy that demonstrates the real force of applying sanctions. While new sanctions packages are dominated by media headings, such regulatory changes can be very effective, even if they are less popular in the media, ”the head of the department said.
Minister urged other states to follow the EU’s example and make such decisions to prevent the sanctions frompassing and strengthen their compliance.
We will remind, the European Union on May 20 officially approved its 17th package of sanctions against Russia.
We also reported that on May 20, the UK government announced the introduction of a large -scale package of sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to strengthening the attacks of the Russian army against the civilians of Ukraine.
