The White House said in a statement on Sunday that the full G7 “pledges to suspend or gradually suspend Russian oil imports, and the United States has announced new sanctions.”
The U.S. administration says the decision will be a blow to “(Vladimir) Putin’s economy’s main source of water against Ukraine and that he will lose the revenue needed to fund his war.”
Its press release, however, did not specify what commitments each of the G7 members had made to Germany (who holds the presidency this year), Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom.
On Sunday, the G7 hosted the third meeting of the year via video conference with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky. The date selection is very symbolic: Europeans commemorate the end of World War II in Europe on May 8th.
This Sunday’s meeting is being held in Russia ahead of the May 9 military parade, which marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Close integration
The West has shown close coordination with the announcements of sanctions against Russia, but they have not moved at the same pace in the case of Russian oil and gas. The United States, which does not have large consumers, has already banned Russian hydrocarbon imports.
EU member states, under pressure to join the movement but relied heavily on Russia, continued Sunday to hold intensive talks on setting up a ban on Russian oil.
Obstacles Salvo
Washington announced new sanctions against Russia in a White House statement on Sunday, two main axes: access to the media and Russian companies and great luck for consulting and accounting services, including American and British, are the world’s leading companies. Experts.
The United States will allow the TV channels Pervi Canal, Rosia-1 and NTV. Any American company will be barred from financing them by advertising or selling equipment.
“No American company should be involved in funding the Russian campaign,” said a senior White House official, who did not want to be named, but insisted that the media was directly or indirectly controlled by the Kremlin.
Another attack by Washington: “Audit, management, consulting, marketing services, all services used to run multinational corporations, but to avoid sanctions or to cover up ill-gotten gains.”
He underscored that while Europeans had very close industrial relations with Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom, on the other hand, they dominated the universe of services through the “Big Four”, the four world giants of auditing and consulting. Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC.
Export ban
Washington has announced new restrictions on the export of US products to Russia over the entire range of capital goods, from bulldozers to ventilation systems and boilers.
The United States finally announced on Sunday that it would impose visa restrictions on 2,600 Russian and Belarusian figures and impose sanctions on officials of Sberbank and Gazprombank banks.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp
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