The European Commission has prepared a wide package of economic and financial sanctions against Russia. This was announced by the head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen.
“We have prepared a powerful and large-scale package of financial and economic sanctions. It stretches from restricting access to foreign capital to controlling the export of technical products. These restrictions will further weaken the Russian economy,” von der Leyen said in a joint interview published on Friday, February 4, with the Handelsblatt newspaper.
According to her, sanctions against the inner circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin are not ruled out. She clarified that we are also talking about businessmen.
Western politicians and media representatives continue to spread numerous speculations about possible Russian aggression against Ukraine. Against this background, there are calls in the US and Europe for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
The Russian side has repeatedly denied such statements. On January 10, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted that Moscow had no intentions to attack Ukraine and could not have it.
At the same time, on January 30, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that the UK would expand sanctions against Russia next week. The minister indicated that London is going to expand the list of sanctions legislation so that any company representing the interests of the Kremlin could be subject to restrictions.
On the same day, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, drew attention to the fact that London’s statement also “undermines the investment attractiveness and attractiveness of the UK” as a whole. He clarified that an attack by a single country on Russian business implies retaliatory measures.
On January 31, it became known that the US Senate this week could agree on a package of anti-Russian sanctions in case the situation around Ukraine escalates. At the same time, on February 2, US Democratic Senator Gene Shaheen said that the United States Senate Foreign Affairs Committee could soon agree on a draft law on “preventive” anti-Russian sanctions.
Source: IZ
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