new sanctions are imposed on Russia after your Parliament has formalized the recognition of independence of the self-proclaimed breakaway republics from Donetsk and Lugansk, in eastern Ukraine, together with the sending of Russian troops to Donbas. In the United States they believe that “the invasion has already begun” and the European Union considers that the sanctions will have to “go further” because they believe that the conflict will also go further.
US President Joe Biden has threatened the Kremlin with “going further with sanctions” if it continues along the same lines. He assumes that with the decision to recognize the independence of these two regions Vladimir Putin “it is done by force with more territory”. “It is creating a reason to go much further. This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,” said the US president.
That is why Biden has promised that the United States will not only will provide more military support to Ukraine after Putin has directly attacked his “right to exist”, but will also strengthen his Baltic allies.
With this situation, yes, the European Union has also decided unanimously approve sanctions against those responsible, military commanders and the 351 members of the Duma (the Russian Parliament). However, among these first targets is not the president, Vladimir Putin, whom the EU holds responsible for having brought Europe to the brink of war.
This is a first package of measures for “aggression” against Ukraine, but they foresee a tougher response if Moscow goes further. Mainly, the EU wants to close the tap of the financing of the Russian State in its financial markets, so that “those responsible for the aggression against Ukraine feel the consequences of their actions”, explained Josep Borrell, head of community diplomacy, who has recognized that the sanctions could have gone “further”.
In this way, Borrell has explained that the sanctions are similar to those that were adopted in 2014 when Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea and that they had no effect then, but he defends their gradual nature, because Europe fears that Putin will further away. “If Russia goes one step further, if military aggression occurs, the sanctions will be infinitely more massive than these,” he maintained.
Added to these measures by Europe as a whole Germany’s decision from block the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelinea measure demanded of Berlin by other community partners and that Borrell has thanked because, he considers, “it amplifies the message of unity”.
Source: Lasexta
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