European Commissioner for Financial Services Mairead McGuinness says EU sanctions are being circumvented by exports to Armenia, Kazahstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Serbia, which are then sent onwards to Russia.
In a letter to EU member states McGuinness urges them to prevent the evasion of sanctions on Russia by holding companies to account, warning that Europe’s “credibility” is at stake.
“Russia still manages to acquire western sensitive technology for its military. To put an end to this, immediate, firm and concerted action by all of us is necessary,” reads the letter.
Willfully circumventing these sanctions… after trial and conviction the sentence should be a Ukranian penal battalion.