“Most severe” European sanctions ever taken against Russia
“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.
The EU aims for Russian oil
The new sanctions risked by the EU against Russia provide, among other things, a lowering of the price of the Russian crude oil price, now set at just over $ 45 per barrel, 15 % less than the average Russian barrel price on the market. 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.
If prices were to continue to fall on the market, the new mechanism would follow the movement with still 15 % difference, a system deemed more flexible and efficient than the previous one.
The EU adopts an 18th package of sanctions against Russia
The European Union adopted this 18th package of sanctions against Russia on Friday. It provides for a new lowering of the price of Russian oil authorized for export, AFP learned from diplomatic sources.
“We now have an agreement on an 18th package of strong and effective sanctions against Russia,” said a diplomat in Brussels after a meeting of the ambassadors of the European Union on Friday morning.
When a small town on the Côte d’Azur vexes Russia
The Russian Embassy in France expressed its “indignation” against the “shameful decision” of the French City of Drap, in the suburbs of Nice, to rename Boulevard Stalingrad, a place of a decisive Soviet victory against Nazi Germany in 1943.
“The cynicism of one of the arguments put forward to justify this decision is particularly striking,” said the embassy in a message posted on Telegram, denouncing a “disturbing attempt to rewrite history” from the municipal team of this town of 5,000 inhabitants located about ten kilometers from Nice.
The deputy mayor, Alexandra Russo, quoted in an article in the daily Nice-Matinjustified the decision voted in municipal council on July 4, claiming that “the battle of Stalingrad is not a historical pride”. “We must no longer highlight these great battles of the past which are not great moments for France,” she added.
Washington prefers to deliver weapons to Ukraine rather than Switzerland
A delivery to Switzerland of Air Defense Systems Patriot will be delayed by Washington who decided to give priority to Ukraine, the Swiss government announced on Thursday. The American Department of Defense informed Bern this week that “the priorities of the delivery of Patriot systems had been reviewed in order to support Ukraine in its soil-to-air defense,” said the Swiss Defense Ministry (DDPS) in a statement.
The Confederation had ordered five Sol-Air Patriot defense systems in 2022, and had to see this order honored from 2026 and until 2028.; For the time being, the ministry “ignores how many systems will be affected and if the delivery of the missiles will also be impacted” and is not able to “determine the duration of delays and estimate if there will be other repercussions for Switzerland”.
“The clarifications are underway,” he said in his press release.
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