2024-01-23 13:54 update: 2024-01-25, 20:19
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Poland and the Baltic states have prepared proposals for new EU sectoral sanctions on Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a Polish diplomat has told PAP.
The proposal includes a ban on the imports of LNG gas and aluminium from Russia as well as on the transfer of knowledge, academic collaboration and financing of scientific research when it would involve Russia, the diplomat told PAP on Tuesday.
In the case of the aviation sector, the proposal suggests tightening of existing restrictions. It also calls for the expansion of the lists of materials used in the production of drones.
The Baltic states, including Poland, would like the new sectoral sanctions to also apply to Belarus so that Russia cannot circumvent the EU’s restrictions utilising its influence on Minsk.
The proposed sanctions are a part of the 13th set of sanctions to be implemented against Russia. EU officials would like it to be adopted in February, the same month the Russian invasion started two years ago.
In December 2024 the EU implemented the 12th set of economic and individual sanctions, which covered, among other things, the ban on direct and indirect importing, purchasing and transferring of diamonds from Russia.
The sanctions also imposed an obligation on importers to add a clause to their contracts forbidding the re-exporting of particularly sensitive goods and technologies to Russia and to be used in Russia.
Furthermore, the adopted regulations put restrictions on more products that could contribute to the technological strengthening of Russia’s defence and national security sectors and limited the imports of goods that generated significant revenue for Russia. (PAP)
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