Intensification of measures against countries evading Russian sanctions is on the agenda of the European Union

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” Berliner Zeitung wrote in an article: The latest EU sanctions against Russia came into effect in June. The 12th sanctions package will introduce new measures, especially in the field of diamond and aluminum imports. However, according to the latest information, some EU countries are looking to weaken the plan to impose sanctions against Russia.

According to information from the American news service Bloomberg The EU is also aiming to take action against third countries that circumvent the sanctions imposed on Russia. It is said that now a group of member states want to act against this escalation plan and actually weaken it. But here is the question, what reasons do they provide?

EU decision makers have suggested that importers refrain from reselling or providing high priority goods. such as semiconductors used in weapons or their manufacture be prohibited to Russia. To ensure compliance, an amount must be deposited into an escrow account.

Under current EU sanctions proposals, seen by Bloomberg, at least half of This amount will be allocated to a trust fund for Ukraine. In addition, contracts that do not comply with this will be terminated. Also, it is mandatory for exporters to notify national authorities of any violations committed by third country companies.

However, representatives are said to Diplomatically, a group of major member countries have expressed concern about this plan this week. They doubted the legal legitimacy of the proposals and considered it impractical to demand such guarantees and clauses from the importers. The American newspaper said that these concerns were raised by people who wished to remain anonymous. They also intend to limit the scope of possible clauses and limit the list of products that are covered by this proposed action. They also expressed concern that contractual obligations could put European companies at a competitive disadvantage. However, there are also member states, including the Baltic States, which will support these proposals.

But which third countries are the proposals mainly related to? These countries are Kazakhstan, Serbia and Turkey, because through them Moscow receives important goods for military purposes. For example, Serbia is one of the few European countries that has not yet supported the Russian embargo despite the war in Ukraine. Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have also long been suspected of helping Russia circumvent sanctions. Kazakh President Kassem Shumart Tokayev announced at the end of September that he would abide by the sanctions against Russia after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Schultz in Berlin. “Kazakhstan has clearly stated that it will abide by the sanctions,” Tokayev said about the claim that the Central Asian countries are helping Russia procure Western goods by bypassing the sanctions. But on the other hand, he said a few weeks ago: We are interested in fully exploiting our transit potential and are ready to increase the volume of Russian gas transmission.

Bloomberg trade data also showed that exports from Kazakhstan, Serbia and Turkey, as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, fell in the second half of this year, but remained well above previous levels. It was from the war. However, according to these data, more than 80% of foreign purchases of Russian priority goods are currently made from China and Hong Kong. Moscow has also been able to create new routes through countries such as Thailand and Malaysia.

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