“The German media reported the completion of the United States and the European Union in the field of Russia’s dealing with international sanctions. Source: “European Truth” with reference to Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR with reference to the internal report of the German Foreign Ministry Details: the conclusion on the collapse of cooperation is contained in the Internal Report of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on EU Council for Foreign Affairs.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR with reference to German Foreign Ministry Report
Details: The conclusion on the collapse of cooperation is contained in the Internal Report of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on EU Council meeting, which took place on May 20 in Brussels. According to the confidential document, the head of the EU sanction policy David O’Sallawan complains about the complete collapse of transatlantic coordination on sanctions evasion.
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As a consequence, “no more information and propaganda work.” The G7 also lost Impulse in this regard.
As in such circumstances, Europeans and Americans intend to negotiate the next package of sanctions, remains a mystery. Moreover, there are experts who believe that Trump would like to do business with Russia sooner or later.
The MP of the Green European Parliament Sergey Lagodinsky warns the consequences of reducing transatlantic coordination for security policy. “The problem is that the US was de facto,” he said in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung. If the Trump administration seeks to normalize relations with Russia, “it will mean the end of the global sanctions regime,” he said.
The only positive point of meeting in Brussels: trade restrictions against Moscow seem to have an effect. According to the report, both O’Sallawan and the director of the EU Coordination Office on Intelligence Daniel Markic stressed that sanctions have a significant impact on the Russian economy.
The EU has also achieved some success in the export of war -related goods through third countries, including Armenia, Serbia, Uzbekistan and India. However, deliveries through Kazakhstan, united Arab Emirates and Turkey continue to create problems. China and Hong Kong remain the main transit points to bypass the sanctions.
According to the confidential document, O’Sllivan complained at a meeting in Brussels that the People’s Republic is “responsible for about 80 percent of evasion”, but continues to deny it. However, he added that EU companies also make profit from illegal business with Russia, which significantly weakens the European Commission in negotiations with third countries.
At the meeting, O’Sallawan was able to report the first successes in the fight against the “shadow fleet” of Russia. Several countries in which these tankers and cargo vessels that actually belong to Russia are registered withdrawn their flags at the EU initiative. However, the sanctions commissioner urged EU member states to take “decisive measures against the entire shadow fleet.” Among other things, according to the internal report, he proposed to consider measures against the ports that are often attended by these vessels, such as Turkey, India and Malaysia.
The following EU sanctions, according to the Foreign Ministry document, will most likely be directed against the Russian energy and banking sectors. Only Hungary rejects these measures, once again demonstrating “unwillingness to compromises”. Whether the US government will cooperate, also doubts, given the experience of the last few weeks.
Recall:
- On May 25, US President Donald Trump, condemning the latest Russian shelling of Ukraine, said he was considering the possibility of imposing additional sanctions against Russia.
- Finnish Prime Minister Petter Orpo believes that the international community should put pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin in order to start negotiating the ceasefire in Ukraine.