Flags with EU symbols at the building of the European Commission in Brussels. File photoBRUSSELS, 25 May. The European Commission has officially proposed to consider the circumvention of the imposed sanctions as a crime at the EU level, the document says. The updated list of EU criminal offenses may include the following provisions: Participation in activities aimed at direct or indirect circumvention of restrictive measures, including by hiding assets; refusing to freeze funds owned or controlled by a specific person or entity; importing or exporting goods subject to trade bans. » /> Aimed at Russia — hit the dollar It is reported that this measure «will facilitate the investigation, prosecution and punishment for such violations in all member states.» Now members of the union are discussing the sixth package of restrictive measures, which, among other things, is considering the possibility of abandoning Russian oil. Some states, in particular Hungary, are blocking its adoption for fear of a negative impact on their own economy. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, the actions of Western countries are, in fact, aimed at worsening the lives of millions of people. According to him, the US and the EU have effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves, and current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and the economy.
The West forbids feeding the starving world with totalitarian grain from Russia
