Reuters learned that the EU again failed to agree on the tenth package of sanctions

EU negotiations on the tenth package of anti-Russian sanctions will continue on February 23. The main controversy concerns the ban on rubber,

EU ambassadors again failed to agree on the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, negotiations will continue on February 23, Reuters writes, citing two diplomats.

“There are several outstanding issues, including on rubber and reporting obligations,” one of the sources said.

Reuters writes that due to the resistance of countries such as Hungary, Bulgaria, France and Belgium, the bloc will not yet limit cooperation with the Russian nuclear industry or stop importing diamonds.

For example, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on February 22 that sanctions against Russian nuclear energy would harm Hungary's interests and should not be accepted by the EU.

Hungary buys most of its energy from Russia. Budapest plans to expand its Paks nuclear power plant, with Russia's Rosatom building two 1.2 GW VVER reactors, the agency said.

The EU did not agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia because of rubber Politics

Earlier, on February 15, the ambassadors of the EU countries also failed to agree on the tenth package of sanctions against Russia due to the need for synthetic rubber.

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The package should also include new restrictions in the aviation industry. For example, aircraft operators will have to notify the EU of non-scheduled flights from and to Russia in order to prevent the Russian side from transporting prohibited goods or people subject to sanctions.

In addition, three banks will be subject to restrictive measures: they will be required to notify the European Commission about the assets of the Russian Central Bank, which they own. Bloomberg clarified that we are talking about Alfa-Bank, Rosbank and Tinkoff Bank.

Politico reported that the ambassadors of the EU countries on February 22 were to discuss the possibility of extending the period for extending sanctions against Russia from six to nine months. Initially, it was proposed to extend the duration of the sanctions by a year, but this was opposed by Hungary.

In addition, Budapest is threatening to veto the extension of sanctions if four people are not removed from the restrictive EU measures, their names are not specified.

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on February 10 that the tenth package involves the introduction of export restrictions on €11 billion.

The Russian authorities criticize the sanctions imposed by the West and call them illegal. President Vladimir Putin called the restrictions crazy and thoughtless.