European Union countries have agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine. Sweden, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, said that the package includes measures aimed at countering sanctions circumvention.
“Our anti-circumvention tool will prevent Russia from getting its hands on sanctioned goods,” she added.
It also prohibits the transit via Russia of products and technologies which might help boost its defense and security sector. The new package specifically allows the implementation of measures restricting the sale, or export of sensitive dual-use goods and technology to third countries who could then transfer them to Russia. Under the new rules, the EU could exert much more pressure to end the practice than before.
In addition, the package extends the suspension of the broadcasting licenses in the EU of five Russian media outlets under state control.
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