Poland proposes 7th package of sanctions against Russia ahead of EU Summit

The Polish government is proposing further sanctions against Russia in order to keep up the pressure on its economy to force Moscow to end its war against Ukraine in late February.

“In our view, a seventh package of sanctions should be imposed as soon as possible. We must continue to exert pressure,” Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukas Jasina told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag ahead of the meeting. EU in Luxembourg the day after Monday.

“We are moving forward, we have the support of our Baltic partners and we hope that the rest of Europe will also agree to tougher sanctions on Russia,” Yassina added.

Polish Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Marcin Dzidacz bidded, telling Welt that although the sixth round of sanctions “hit Russia hard”, “we have not yet been able to weaken enough (Russian President Vladimir Putin) and Putin. more and tougher sanctions “.

Poland wants to persuade its partners to support the seventh round of sanctions, he said, adding “we must act in a coordinated way as Europeans”.

Asked what kind of measures the possible new package of sanctions might include, Mr Jintac said “we need to stop exporting European technology to Russia altogether”, primarily “dual-use” items (political and military). The EU must also take “stronger action against Russian banks and against Russia’s propaganda and misinformation channels.”

The 27 adopted the sixth package of sanctions against Russia in early June. It included the progressive imposition of an embargo on Russian oil and the exclusion of Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, from the SWIFT interbank communication system.