The United States and the EU extend sanctions against Russia “to further isolate” Putin from the world economy

The international community continues to hit Russia with sanctions to stop its invasion of Ukraine.

Both the European Union and the United States have announced a tightening of sanctions that, in some cases, include prohibiting the import of a series of Russian products.

On the one hand, the president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, has indicated that the community bloc will decide on a fourth package of sanctions that will be detailed in the coming hours in coordination with the G7. “We are going to apply a fourth package of sanctions that will further isolate Russia from the world economy“, Von der Leyen pointed out at the end of the meeting of European leaders in Versailles (France), in which the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, participated.

Macron, for his part, has announced that “in a few hours” he will speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and warned that there will be “massive sanctions” against Moscow if the Russian invasion does not cease. in Ukraine. “We are ready to sanction more than we have done so far,” he asserted.

Meanwhile, the President of the United States has prohibited the importation of a series of Russian products, such as cereals, vodka or caviar, and has restricted trade relations with Moscow, as part of a new sanctions package in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Specifically, Joe Biden has revoked the status of “most favored nation” in the commercial plane, which will deny Russia the benefits of belonging to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Among the products that the White House has prohibited from exporting to the United States, there are also diamonds, vodka or caviar.