There is agreement: Sanctionsto which the European Union agreed on Friday (March 14), will be extended until mid -September. These are individual, not economic restrictions and relate to the ban on entering the community countries and blocking property in Europe. Several previous meetings ended without agreement, due to the opposition of Hungarians. Prime Minister Orban kept the EU in chess for several weeks. It started to be nervous, because the deadline for the extension of the restrictions passed on Saturday.
Several names were removed: Hungary has been threatened with veto for several weeks, but withdrew after meeting some of the demands. Initially, they demanded to remove eight people from the black list, primarily oligarchs, close associates of Vladimir Putin. Ultimately removable Three people will remain, including Moshe Kantor, a key fertilizer producer in Russia and former president of the European Jewish Congress. Earlier, people from Putin's close surroundings mentioned. The names of Usmanov, Awen, Mazepin or Fridman were falling. It has been a long -term postulate Hungarianbut recently their position is strengthened in connection with the presidency of Donald Trump favorable to Orban. And that's why there was a real threat in the air that sanctions would not be extended this time.
Who are the sanctions? Currently, there are 2,400 people, companies and organizations on the black list. Vladimir Putin opens it. Next are oligarchs, military, ministers, governors, members of the Russian Security Council, deputies, propagandists, and people responsible for kidnapping Ukrainian children from the occupied areas and to remove them deep into Russia. They are too Key companies from the military and industrial complex.
More sanctions: On Friday (March 14), EU ambassadors of the state are to give green light for Applying prohibitive duties to fertilizers and agricultural products from Russia and Belarus. Here, unanimity is not required, most of the votes are enough. The consent of the ambassadors means that negotiations with the European Parliament in this matter can start. Everything is to end in this half -year, still for the Polish presidency in the Union.
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Sources: IAR, Beata Płomecka [X]