EU Readying New Russia Sanctions Package
EU officials have agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said Feb. 19. The measures will include more import and export restrictions, “tighter anti-circumvention measures,” and a “stronger crackdown” on Russia’s shadow fleet -- the ships Moscow uses to transport sanctioned goods. “The EU must remain united against the aggressor,” Dombrovskis said on social media platform X.
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With the new measures, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU “is clamping down even harder on circumvention by targeting more vessels” in the shadow fleet while also imposing new trade restrictions. “We are committed to keep up the pressure on the Kremlin,” she said.
The package, expected to be adopted early next week, includes a ban on certain aluminum imports, which will be phased in over the next year, Reuters reported.