The European Union is preparing the 11th package of sanctions against russia and will include more than 90 companies from around the world in the framework of the fight against the circumvention of sanctions that have already been imposed on russia.
Source. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told ZDF TV company, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"We are serious about ending the circumvention of sanctions. That is why we will include in the 11th package of sanctions more than 90 companies for which we have clear evidence: they supply directly to russia from the EU, bypassing third countries, goods whose exports are prohibited," the EC President said.
In addition, she said that the sanctions would affect eight companies based in China.
Earlier, von der Leyen said that the 11th package of sanctions against russia would be mainly aimed at preventing the circumvention of existing restrictions.
Background. Earlier it became known that Kazakhstan is supplying russia with drones and microchips to circumvent the sanctions – for example, Kazakhstan's Aspan Arba has received a license to purchase 18,000 drones from China for a total of $45 million.