“By the end of the week, Great Britain is preparing “big sanctions news” for Russia, and a big sanctions package from the USA is planned for next week. This was announced during the press conference of the Public Council on Sanctions “1000 days under the pressure of restrictions: successes and failures of sanctions against Russia since the beginning of the great war. How to increase the pressure?” said the authorized representative of the President of Ukraine on sanctions issues”, — write on: ua.news
By the end of the week, Great Britain is preparing “big sanctions news” for Russia, and a big sanctions package from the USA is planned for next week.
This was announced during the press conference of the Public Council on Sanctions “1000 days under the pressure of restrictions: successes and failures of sanctions against Russia since the beginning of the great war. How to increase the pressure?” said Vladyslav Vlasyuk, the authorized representative of the President of Ukraine on sanctions policy, Ukrinform reports.
Among the key successes of the sanctions policy for almost three years, he named, in particular, the introduction of an oil embargo against the Russian Federation by the European Union.
“Until recently, no one could even think that the EU would give up Russian oil. But it happened. Although not without nuances – I mean the preservation of pipeline oil supplies, which some partners continue to purchase. I believe that it will be absolutely fair and honest to continue to convince partners and friends that Russian oil should be completely abandoned,” Vlasyuk emphasized.
The second success of the policy of sanctions against the aggressor, according to him, is the formation of a community that opposes the flow of critical components to Russia. For example, before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine and even during the first months of the war, Russia received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of such components through the UAE. Now, according to the UAE, such supplies have been completely stopped.
“And if earlier there were 20 items in their (United Arab Emirates – ed.) list of critical components subject to enhanced export control (microchips, electronics, etc.), now they have caught up with other partners, expanding the list to 50 items. So now this list works in many countries including South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia. That is, it was possible to join a lot of partners to the Unified list of goods that are of critical importance for the military industry of terrorist regimes…” – detailed Vlasyuk.
As for individual restrictions, in his opinion, the expansion of sanctions lists to various categories of persons – in particular to oligarchs and other Russians close to Putin – is positive. Such sanctions are also painful, and the possibilities of their strengthening have not yet been exhausted.
As the President’s representative emphasized, one of the consequences of the sanctions was the recession of the Russian economy: inflation, stagnation in aircraft construction, mechanical engineering, and problems in the woodworking industry
The state of the aggressor’s economy was significantly affected by the freezing of sovereign assets of the Russian Federation for 300 billion dollars.
“Russia actually lost them, they said goodbye. The fact that they are not confiscated is another matter. But, nevertheless, this money has not been available for the Russian Federation for the third year already. And these are only the main things we are talking about after the thousand days of war. Of course, this is not enough. But if we had been told in the first days of the full-scale invasion that these five important things would be implemented, we probably wouldn’t have believed it,” said Vlasyuk.
He also announced “big sanctions news from Great Britain” at the end of the week, and “a big sanctions package from the USA” for next week. In particular, it may be about restrictive measures against Russia’s Gazprombank. The commissioner did not provide any other details, but hinted that the next increase in sanctions would be quite painful for the aggressor.
As reported, the Public Council on Sanctions was created to coordinate the work of representatives of the authorities and civil society for joint advocacy of the implementation and renewal of restrictions against the Russian Federation and its partners. The Council includes the Network for the Protection of National Interests “ANTS”, Black Sea News and the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, DiXi Group, Institute of Legislative Ideas, ICUV, KSE Institute, OSINT agency Molfar, Independent Anti-Corruption Commission, Economic Security Council of Ukraine, Center for Global Studies. XXI Strategy”, StateWatch/TrapAggressor, Razom We Stand and NGO “Ukrainian Analytical Center U8”.
It was previously reported that the European Union is preparing new sanctions against companies from Turkey, China, the UAE and Hong Kong for supplying products to Russia.
The US is developing sanctions that will cut off some Chinese banks from the global financial system. In Washington, it is hoped that this will suspend Beijing’s financial support for Russian military production.
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