The final agreement to adopt the sixth package of sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine was officially announced by the French Presidency of the Council of the EU via Twitter.
According to the statement, the sixth package was adopted by the permanent representatives of the member states at a COREPER meeting, on the basis of the conclusions of the extraordinary European Council on 30-31 May.
The EU Council will adopt the sixth package procedurally through the written procedure and the new measures will be published on Friday in the Official Journal of the EU.
As stated in the communication, the sixth package contains the "ban on oil imports from Russia by sea", which, it is stressed, "together with decisions at national level by Germany and Poland will reduce Russian oil imports by 92% by the end of the year."
Also, it is added, "the ban will be complemented by a ban on imports of oil from Russia by pipeline as soon as possible."
The package also includes sanctions "against members of the security and military mechanisms particularly related to the massacres in Butchnya, entities in the industrial and technological sectors linked to Russian aggression, oligarchs and those involved in Russian propaganda and members of their families," it adds.
Recall that the sanctions list reportedly does not include the name of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow at Hungary's insistence.
Also, according to the announcement of the French Presidency, the sanctions include, as it had been known in previous weeks:
the disconnection from the Swift system of three Russian banks, including Sberbank, and a Belarusian bank,
the extension of export bans to Russia on, among other things, chemical and high-tech products,
a ban on the provision of services to the Russian oil sector,
a ban on three Russian media outlets involved in spreading propaganda, and
a ban on consulting services for Russian entities.
Source: CNA
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