German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. File photoBERLIN, May 30 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged the EU to «act together» on Russia, adding that in striving for consensus, one must pay attention to the «special situation» in individual countries.»Good that we have gathered again in Brussels to do what we have already shown in recent weeks and months, namely to act together and jointly discuss our policy, which we develop against Russian aggression, Russian attack on Ukraine.This is a good sign that Europe has been able to perform unanimously so far, and I'm sure it will continue to do so in the future,» Scholz said.Ukraine threatened Hungary that something would happen to the Druzhba oil pipelineResponding to a question about the imposition of an oil embargo against Russia, the chancellor said that he considered the discussion in the EU on this topic «good and constructive», «there are negotiations that are being conducted with the desire to reach an understanding «. If the decision is made to act together, one must take into account the special situation in individual countries. We have done this before, we will do this in the future,» Scholz said, adding that «everything I hear says that a consensus can be reached, sooner or later it will take place.» On Monday and Tuesday, EU heads meet in Brussels for an extraordinary summit, where they will discuss, among other things, restrictions on Russia. Due to disagreements, European states have been unable to agree on the sixth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation for about a month, which includes, among other things, the introduction of a full or partial embargo on Russian oil supplies.
Burbock is confident that the sixth package of sanctions against Russia will be able to be introduced soon Western countries, against the backdrop of a special operation in Ukraine, imposed tough sanctions against Russia, including freezing foreign exchange reserves. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov previously estimated that about half, or about $300 billion, of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves were frozen. In a number of countries, within the framework of the sanctions policy, decisions are also made to freeze the assets and real estate of Russian businessmen. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. According to him, Russia is not going to isolate itself, it cannot be strictly isolated in the modern world. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />Warning in Germany about the «destructive» consequences of sanctions against Moscow
