On Thursday, the EU added Russia to the “blacklist” of states with a high risk of money laundering. Brussels believes that Moscow is using various financial circuits to fund the war in Ukraine.
The European decision represents a new stage of economic isolation for Russia, following traditional sanctions, according to gandul.ro. The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, argues that the measure will put additional financial pressure on the Kremlin.
“The EU has today included Russia on the blacklist for the risk of money laundering. This will slow down and increase the costs of transactions with Russian banks,” announced Kaja Kallas.
Kallas mentioned that any means of pressure is useful to force Russia into “real negotiations”. In the official’s opinion, the negotiations in Abu Dhabi do not seem to be taken seriously by Moscow, which continues its attacks on Ukraine.