Diamonds, liquefied gas and IT services: the media said that it could enter the 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation

The EU countries are planning to discuss the 12th Anti-Russian Sanction Package in October. They provide that they will include the expected ban on Russian diamonds and permission to use profit from frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The main provisions of the 12th package of European sanctions against Russia because of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Ukraine in the European Union are likely to be discussed in October, writes Bloomberg.

According to the agency, a new package of sanctions may be adopted in the first half of October or during the European Union Summit, the US, which is also planned for this month. Bloomberg sources suggest that the EU will finally prohibit the purchase of Russian diamonds, as the G7 countries, which are actively moving in this direction. Earlier in Europe, this decision was resisted by such importers of precious stones as Belgium.

They argued that the usual ban without a certain mechanism, such as the one planning to use "Big Seven" would not work, but simply move the profitable trade in Russian diamonds to another place. Therefore, experts believe that in addition to the ban, it is necessary to track the movement of diamonds across the borders, and to introduce a direct prohibition from January 1, using an indirect ban, which is gradually introduced.

In addition, the EU will approve the long -awaited proposal to use the profits received from the frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia in favor of Ukraine's reconstruction. The European Commission in the near future, despite the oppositional sentiment of the European Central Bank, should put forward options for introducing a tax on such profits that are generated in European clearing centers.

"The President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Lyen will probably insist on the introduction of the tax on these profits, as promised earlier, but member states have expressed anxiety about legal and financial stability as a result of this step. Earlier, in connection with the freezing The bank amounting to about 200 billion euros, some European leaders have called for a part of these funds to restore Ukraine, "Bloomberg emphasizes.

Additional sanctions against the Russian Federation are proposed to impose Poland and the Baltic countries. They will relate to Russian liquefied natural gas and IT services. This group of countries also calls for restrictions on the Russian nuclear sector. Such proposals are not the first time these countries have been expressing, but so far, the resistance of a number of countries has continued with these sanctions.

"According to the document Bloomberg News, Poland wants to strengthen sanctions on some goods adopted in previous packages. Its proposals include reducing quotas for import synthetic rubbers, increasing the efficiency a new package of sanctions against Belarus, ”the agency notes. Bloomberg sources add a new 12th package, will also contain further steps aimed at combating Russia's detour of EU sanctions through third countries, such as the united Arab Emirates and Turkey.

The previous 11th sanction package was implemented in June. Its main purpose is to more effectively apply and implement EU restrictions against the Russian Federation. The agreed package included: Recall that Focus wrote that the European Commission has recently published an instruction for European enterprises, which should help them correctly define, evaluate and understand the possible risks of bypassing sanctions and how to avoid it.