The EU has strengthened Russia by $ 24 billion: Americans have called for tougher sank …
While the United States is active in the end of the war in Ukraine, European allies should also connect, and finally strengthen economic sanctions against Russia, writes the American magazine Fortune.
“Imports of fossil fuel in the EU from Russia in 2024 amounted to $ 24 billion – more than financial assistance to Ukraine. This dependence should stop. European countries “use any opportunity to trade with Russia, even when this trade weakened European security and strengthened Moscow,” the authors say.
However, energy is not the only gap in sanctions that Europe has to eliminate, because it still buys metal products in Russia. Last year alone, they bought metal for $ 4 billion in Russia – because metallurgical plants belonging to Russian oligarchs still operate there.
“Europeans can be forced to sell these Russian factories. Or get metals from other countries, including Ukraine suffering. First, the Russians have destroyed many of their metallurgical plants, including the 95-year-old Azovstal Metallurgical Combine in Mariupol, one of the largest in Europe. And secondly, Russians still sell cheaper metal into European markets, displacing competitors, ”the newspaper writes.
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