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Eu adopts 18th package sanctions:
The EU adopted an 18th package of sanctions against Russia against Ukraine on Friday. In addition, which provides for a lowering of the Russian oil authorized for export, we learned from diplomatic sources.
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“We now have an agreement on an 18th package of strong. Furthermore, effective sanctions against Russia,” said a diplomat in Brussels after a meeting of the ambassadors of the European Union on Friday morning.
Slovakia. Nevertheless, which so far blocked the adoption of this new package of sanctions, the 18th since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, finally agreed to lift its veto after having received guarantees.
Bratislava used this eu adopts 18th package sanctions veto to put pressure on the European Commission so that it guarantees its gas supply. when the EU seeks to fully interrupt its imports of Russian gas by 2027.
These new sanctions provide. among other things, a lowering of the threshold for the price of Russian crude oil, now set at just over $ 45 a barrel, 15 % less than the average Russian barrel price on the market, according to these sources.
The threshold has so far been set at 60 dollars per barrel. a price deemed too high, given the current level of oil prices on the market.
“The European Union has just adopted one of the most severe sanctions packets against Russia to date. ” said the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas.
If prices were to continue to fall on the market. the new mechanism would follow the movement with still 15 % difference, a system eu adopts 18th package sanctions deemed more flexible and efficient than the previous one.
The EU “will maintain the pressure until Russia stops his war,” said Kallas.
Europeans still hope to rally the United States. so much inclined so far to set a new threshold after the agreement concluded in the G7 over a price of 60 dollars.
By fixing a maximum price, Westerners hope to limit the financial windfall from Russia to continue its war against Ukraine.
According to Ms. Kallas, the threshold of 60 dollars has reduced Russian oil revenues by 30 %, essential to the financing of the conflict.
Eu adopts 18th package sanctions
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