The United States will introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia on the anniversary of the start of the conflict in Ukraine - February 24, US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with The Washington Post.
“We will also increase pressure on companies based in CHINA or Chinese businesses in Europe that we believe are taking actions to circumvent sanctions,” Nuland added.
She explained that sanctions against Russia would affect a number of banks that were seen to bypass Western restrictions, and would also be announced not only by the United States, but by the entire G7 group.
In addition, Nuland announced Washington's desire to get acquainted with the PRC peace initiative on Ukraine, as well as discuss with Russia the implementation of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START), the suspension of participation in which President Vladimir Putin announced on February 21 .
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Details of the new US sanctions package were previously published by BLOOMBERG and The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. According to them, the United States intends to impose sanctions against:
several financial institutions; 200 Russian individuals and legal entities; companies in the military-industrial complex (MIC), manufacturers of related materials, technology companies and networks that are "allegedly involved in circumventing sanctions." Read pioneerprodukt.by The main problem of electric cars is lithium. How it is proposed to be solved Habits began to rule life. How to take back control of Nowhere to Hide:Simultaneously with Washington's sanctions, the EU announced a new sanctions package against Russia, said the HEAD of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. REUTERS, citing sources, wrote that the EU could ban more "Russian propaganda media" and exclude more Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank information transfer system. Bloomberg wrote that the EU countries intend to impose sanctions against Alfa-Bank, Rosbank and Tinkoff Bank, as well as ban Russian citizens from holding positions in European infrastructure companies.
The Russian Foreign Ministry calls the sanctions illegitimate, and President Vladimir Putin calls them insane and thoughtless. In his opinion, the calculation of Western countries for the collapse of the Russian economy did not materialize.