2022-06-03, 06:46 AM
EU approved the 6th package of sanctions against Russia. What does it include?
The EU Council has approved the 6th package of sanctions against Russia in response to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, targeting Russian oil imports and banning three Russian media outlets.
Ban on Russian oil imports
The EU prohibits the purchase, import, or transfer of crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia into the EU. The phasing out of Russian oil will take from 6 months for crude oil to 8 months for other refined petroleum products.
A temporary exception is foreseen for imports of crude oil by pipeline into those EU member states that suffer from a specific dependence on Russian supplies and have no viable alternative options due to their geographic situation. However, the EU refused to take an ASAP decision to ban the import of oil through the pipeline.
According to the Brussels-based Bruegel think tank, the EU buys 3 to 3.5 million barrels of oil a day from Russia, sending $400 million to the country daily. This is about 27% of EU oil imports. According to the International Energy Agency, in 2021, revenues from oil and gas accounted for 45% of Russia's federal budget.
Disconnection from SWIFT
The EU disconnects from SWIFT three Russia's largest banks Sberbank, Credit Bank of Moscow, Russian Agricultural Bank, and the Belarusian Bank For Development And Reconstruction.
Russian media outlets
The EU is suspending the broadcasting activities in the EU of three more Russian state-owned outlets: RTR Planeta, Russia 24, and TV Centre International. Those media outlets are engaged in propaganda in favor of Russia.
But these measures will not prevent those media outlets and their staff from carrying out research activities and interviews in the EU.
Export restrictions
The EU expanded the list of persons and entities from Russia and Belarus that are prohibited from delivering dual-use items and technologies that could potentially be used in the defense sector.
The EU also expanded the list of goods and technology, which may contribute to the technological enhancement of Russia's defense and security sector. This will include 80 chemicals that can be used to produce chemical weapons.
Individual sanctions
Sanctions against security and military apparatus members, linked in particular to massacres in Bucha in Kyiv Oblast, entities in the industrial and technological sector linked to Russian aggression, oligarchs, and actors of Russian propaganda and their family members.
Earlier, Interfax-Ukraine, citing a source top official familiar with the matter, reported that EU ambassadors have decided to exclude the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, from the 6th package of sanctions. The day before, Bloomberg said that Hungary lobbied for this decision. EU Council website does not mention Patriarch Kirill in the sanctions list.
The 5th package of sanctions
The EU Council approved the 5th package of sanctions on April 8. The new restrictions included a ban on coal imports from August 2022. Coal imports to the EU now amount to about €8 billion a year. The package also included a ban on granting access to EU ports to vessels registered under the Russian flag, but with certain exceptions. In addition, EU Council expanded the personal sanctions list.
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The EU Council has approved the 6th package of sanctions against Russia in response to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, targeting Russian oil imports and banning three Russian media outlets.
Ban on Russian oil imports
The EU prohibits the purchase, import, or transfer of crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia into the EU. The phasing out of Russian oil will take from 6 months for crude oil to 8 months for other refined petroleum products.
A temporary exception is foreseen for imports of crude oil by pipeline into those EU member states that suffer from a specific dependence on Russian supplies and have no viable alternative options due to their geographic situation. However, the EU refused to take an ASAP decision to ban the import of oil through the pipeline.
According to the Brussels-based Bruegel think tank, the EU buys 3 to 3.5 million barrels of oil a day from Russia, sending $400 million to the country daily. This is about 27% of EU oil imports. According to the International Energy Agency, in 2021, revenues from oil and gas accounted for 45% of Russia's federal budget.
Disconnection from SWIFT
The EU disconnects from SWIFT three Russia's largest banks Sberbank, Credit Bank of Moscow, Russian Agricultural Bank, and the Belarusian Bank For Development And Reconstruction.
Russian media outlets
The EU is suspending the broadcasting activities in the EU of three more Russian state-owned outlets: RTR Planeta, Russia 24, and TV Centre International. Those media outlets are engaged in propaganda in favor of Russia.
But these measures will not prevent those media outlets and their staff from carrying out research activities and interviews in the EU.
Export restrictions
The EU expanded the list of persons and entities from Russia and Belarus that are prohibited from delivering dual-use items and technologies that could potentially be used in the defense sector.
The EU also expanded the list of goods and technology, which may contribute to the technological enhancement of Russia's defense and security sector. This will include 80 chemicals that can be used to produce chemical weapons.
Individual sanctions
Sanctions against security and military apparatus members, linked in particular to massacres in Bucha in Kyiv Oblast, entities in the industrial and technological sector linked to Russian aggression, oligarchs, and actors of Russian propaganda and their family members.
Earlier, Interfax-Ukraine, citing a source top official familiar with the matter, reported that EU ambassadors have decided to exclude the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, from the 6th package of sanctions. The day before, Bloomberg said that Hungary lobbied for this decision. EU Council website does not mention Patriarch Kirill in the sanctions list.
The 5th package of sanctions
The EU Council approved the 5th package of sanctions on April 8. The new restrictions included a ban on coal imports from August 2022. Coal imports to the EU now amount to about €8 billion a year. The package also included a ban on granting access to EU ports to vessels registered under the Russian flag, but with certain exceptions. In addition, EU Council expanded the personal sanctions list.
https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/eu-approve...it-include
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