Only 18 organizations and 217 citizens were restricted.
Personal sanctions of the European Union this time hit the head of Sberbank Herman Gref, businessman Oleg Deripaska and other representatives of big Russian business. The European Union has published the full text of the fifth package in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Only 18 organizations and 217 citizens were restricted, including residents of the DPR and LPR and family members of those previously subject to sanctions. Sanctions have also been imposed on companies whose production and technology are linked to Russia's special operation in Ukraine, including the Kalashnikov concern.
In addition to Gref and Deripaska, the EU has imposed sanctions against Said Kerimov (son of Suleiman Kerimov, owner of a large stake in Polyus), Musa Bazhayev (Russian Platinum), Igor Kesayev (Mercury Group), Surgutnaftogaz chairman Volodymyr Zgdanov, and Vladimir Bogdanov. (PMH), Hryhoriy Berezkin (ECP Group), Vyacheslav Kantor (main beneficiary of Akron), Farhad Akhmedov, Oleksandr Shulgin (CEO of Ozon), Igor and Borys Rothenberg.
From companies to sanctions lists , in addition to the Kalashnikov, there were JSC “State Transport Leasing Company” (GTLK), JSC “United Engine Corporation”, “Russian Machinery”, several shipbuilding companies.
In addition, the EU has decided to impose restrictions on the export of quantum computers and advanced semiconductors, high-tech electronics, software, sensitive equipment and transport equipment. Prohibitions on exports and imports in value terms amount to 10 billion euros and 5.5 billion euros, respectively.
The fifth package of sanctions against Russia provides for an embargo on Russian coal supplies, which will take effect in August 2022. The EU now has 8 billion euros in annual coal imports.
The EU has also banned the import of potassium chloride from Belarus via Russia.
Excluded from the sanctions are the transportation of a number of goods, such as pharmaceuticals, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat. In addition, the sanctions do not apply to road transport, which carries out transportation for humanitarian purposes.
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Recall that EU governments < have frozen about 30 billion euros in assets linked to oligarchs and others under the bloc's sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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