European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 17 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that the EU continues to consider measures regarding the banking sector and energy.
" We continue to focus on the banking sector, especially Sberbank, which accounts for 37 percent of Russia's banking sector. And, of course, we are talking about energy issues,” said von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen added that the EU is now “developing smart mechanisms” that will allow oil to be affected in the next phase of sanctions. countries began to impose new sanctions against Moscow in response to the special operation of the Russian army in Ukraine. It was mainly the financial sector and the supply of high-tech products that fell under attack, some countries announced their intention to abandon Russian energy carriers. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, the likes of which have not yet been, but stressed that they were ready for such a development of events. The Bank of Russia took measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market; payments for gas supplies to unfriendly countries were transferred to rubles. In addition, the government has prepared a plan to counter restrictive measures, which includes about a hundred initiatives. The volume of its funding will be about a trillion rubles.