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In the sanctions supporting facilities announced on Thursday, the European Union will also ban Russia worth 10 billion euros, including high -tech products; prohibiting most Russian trucks and ships enter the European Union, as well asFrozen the assets of Bank of Russia.
(Brussels Comprehensive) The European Union countries agree to ban Russian coal imports, which is the first time that the European Union has imposed sanctions on Moscow's key energy business.
Including this set of punishment measures in August, the European Union has sacrificed Russia for five rounds of sanctions.Among the sanctions facilities announced on Thursday, the European Union will also prohibit Russia with a value of 10 billion euros (about S $ 14.8 billion), including high -tech products; prohibiting most Russian trucks and ships from entering the European Union, and freezing several Russian banks frozen several Russian banksasset.
At the same time, the EU will allocate 500 million euros to fund Ukraine to buy weapons; before, the EU has allocated 1 billion euros in weapon funding.
France says EU diplomats signed sanctions on Thursday.The President of the European Council Michelle issued a message in Twitter that the supporting facilities will "quickly be approved."
Last week, in the town near Kiev, Ukraine, people discovered hundreds of civilian corpses.Ukraine has accused the Russian army of killing innocent people.Europe and the United States condemned and decided to impose a new round of sanctions on Russia.
In the previous rounds of sanctions, the European Union had reserved the combating Russian energy industry because Germany and Hungary, which relying on Russian fossil fuels.45%of coal used in EU countries imported from Russia, with an annual import value of 4 billion euros.
Under new measures, the European Union's Russian product list prohibited from imports has also been further expanded, including some "key raw materials and equipment" including 5.5 billion euros, which is to cut off the source of the Russian war.
According to a document seen by Agence France -Presse, the Blacklist of Russia in the European Union has also been lengthened, adding more than 200 names, including Russian oligarchs and two daughters of President Putin.
The Chairman of the European Commission Feng Delin said in a Twitter that Russia "will be in an isolated economic, finance and technology for a long time.
Seven Kingdoms Group agrees to prohibit investment in key areas of Russia
At the same time, the Seventh Kingdom Group (G7) also announced a new sanctions against Russia and agreed to prohibit "new investment in key areas of the Russian economy, including the energy industry."
Seven major industrial countries issued a statement on Thursday that they will expand the ban on exports of Russia, increase restrictions on imported goods in Russia, and strengthen sanctions on banks and state -owned enterprises.
They also plan to target their spearheads for the Russian defense industry, "to weaken the Russian army's ability to launch war."They also promised to strengthen their crackdown on Russian elites and Putin family.
AlthoughG7 has not been fully embarked on Russian energy imports, it means that it will "accelerate" dependence on Russian fossil fuel.They said they would gradually eliminate and eventually ban Russia's coal, and promised to accelerate their actions to reduce their dependence on oil.
Japan, also the world's third largest coal importer, announced yesterday that it will gradually reduce Russian coal imports.Japan's Minister of Economy and Industry, Nagata, said that Japan's ultimate goal was to stop importing coal from Russia; but he said that it is difficult to find an alternative supplier immediately.
Russia is the second largest power supply country in Japan.Last year, Russia coal accounted for 11%of Japan's total imports.Russia is also the fifth largest crude oil and liquefied natural gas supply country in Japan.
On Thursday, the US Congress passed the bill to prohibit imported Russian energy and cancel the normal trade relations between Russia and White Ross, which means that the United States can impose high tariffs on goods from Russia and White Ross.
