The United States, which was not a major consumer of Russian crude, has already banned its import. The members of the European Union, pressured to apply that measure, are much more dependent on Russia. The EU continued this Sunday intense negotiations to establish an embargo on Russian oil.
Meanwhile, the United States also announced new sanctions against Russia, which affect the media and the access of Russian companies and large fortunes to consulting and accounting services, both American and British, which are the great world specialists.
By blacklisting Channel One Russia, the Russia-1 television station and the NTV Broadcasting Company, Washington prohibits any US company from funding them through advertising or selling them equipment.
“No US company should be involved in financing Russian propaganda,” said a senior White House official, who requested anonymity.
It also banned “auditing, management, consulting, marketing services, all services used to operate multinational companies, but also potentially to evade sanctions or hide wickedly acquired riches,” the same source said.
He underlined that while the Europeans had closer industrial ties with Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom, on the other hand, they dominated the universe of services, in particular through the “Big Four”, the four world giants of auditing and consulting: Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC.
Washington also announced new bans on the export of US products to Russia, on all capital goods ranging from bulldozers to ventilation systems and boilers.
Finally, he announced the imposition of visa restrictions on 2,600 Russian and Belarusian personalities, as well as sanctions against officials of the Sberbank and Gazprombank banks.
Source: Ambito
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