The European Parliament urged to abandon the import of uranium from Russia

The European Parliament called on the EU countries “as soon as possible” to adopt the 10th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation and to ban the work on the EU market for companies still remaining in Europe, including Lukoil and Rosatom, and also to refuse not only to import oil and gas, but also uranium From Russia. According to TASS, this is stated in the resolution adopted at the special session of the European Parliament, timed to coincide with the EU-Ukraine summit on February 3 in Kyiv.

In addition, the resolution calls for lowering the price ceiling for Russian oil.

“The European Parliament also called for a ban on direct or indirect imports, purchases or transfers of cut or rough diamonds from the Russian Federation,” the document says.

The European Parliament called for blacklisting “everyone involved” in referendums in four new Russian regions – Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions – and elections at all levels in Crimea, as well as those who helped evacuate civilians from the combat zone, which The European Parliament called it “forced deportation”.

The European Parliament called for every effort to ensure that the sanctions “join all countries – candidates for EU accession or potential candidates.” It is noted that this is a clear reference to Serbia, which refuses to join the European sanctions. The resolution speaks of the need to “create legal conditions for the confiscation and use of Russian funds for the restoration of Ukraine”, which was another confirmation that at the moment such legal norms do not exist in the EU.

Resolutions of the European Parliament are advisory in nature and are not binding on the institutions of the European Union.