9 hours agoEuropean revenge against Putin is being forged in Tirana, raw details flow
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)European countries supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression are preparing a new wave of sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The move comes after Putin failed to present himself in the long-awaited talks between Kiev and Moscow, which should be held in Istanbul. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel [...]
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet this Friday Tirana to discuss ways of stopping the war in Ukraine.
Two European officials have found that setting high tariffs for Russian imports is under discussion, Politico learns.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union has imposed considerable sanctions on Moscow, but has so far refrained from a full trade blockade.
A day before talks in Istanbul, a senior British official hinted that, in the event of failure, talks between European leaders could soon turn to a single topic: new and harsher sanctions against Russia.
As he said, in that case, the discussion will mainly behave about how to join as many countries as possible to support these measures. France, Germany and Poland then jointly issued a serious warning to the Kremlin, stating that if Russia does not immediately accept a full and unconditional ceasefire, a wave of new sanctions would follow, Politico reports.
According to a European Union official, the latest push for additional sanctions was also prompted by a proposal by US Senator Lindsey Graham, who proposed setting tariffs up to 500 per cent to Russian exports if Putin does not stop the attacks on Ukraine. “We can be inspired by the degree of his proposal”, the European official said.
