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The European Union (EU) on Thursday (04.07.2022) gave the green light to the fifth embargo against Russia for its occupation of Ukraine, which will for the first time affect the energy sector and impose sanctions by banning Russia from importing coal. Video on arms exports to Russia and high-tech exports to that country.

According to negotiating sources, there was a strong debate over the timing of the embargo on Russia’s coal, and in the end, Germany’s position was to implement the measure in four months, compared to other countries. Wanted to be earlier.

He said the new measures would include a ban on Russian timber and vodka, as well as “additional restrictions on oligarchs, members of the Russian propaganda apparatus, members of the defense and military apparatus and companies in the industrial and technical sectors associated with the Russian occupation of Ukraine.” The revolving French president of the Council of the European Union on Twitter.

The measures were proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday after hearing evidence of atrocities committed by Russian troops in Pucha and were approved today after two days of debate by EU member states’ ambassadors. They must be approved in writing for publication tomorrow in the union’s official newspaper, after which they may come into force.

G7 agrees to new restrictions

The G7, which unites the world’s most industrialized economies, today approved the imposition of new sanctions on Russia for “atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces” against civilians in Ukraine. The G7 leaders decided to “make new investments in key sectors of the Russian economy, including the energy sector”, further reduce trade and tighten controls against Russian banks and state-owned enterprises in the country.

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Russia does not yet include a ban on hydrocarbon imports, but wants to “advance” their plans to reduce Moscow’s dependence on the sector with “progressive emissions from Russian coal”.

lgc (efe / dpa / afp)