The European Union (EU) has established its nineteenth bundle of sanctions on Russia, and that is the primary time that these sanctions “will hit crypto platforms and prohibit transactions in crypto currencies.”
It’s not clear from the assertion what actual cryptocurrency platforms could also be implicated in these new restrictions.
These sanctions from the EU are supposed to discourage Russia’s battle of aggression in opposition to Ukraine, and the assertion from President Ursula von der Leyen particularly referenced among the latest assaults, noting Russia “has launched some of the largest-scale drone and missile attacks against Ukraine since the beginning of the war, striking government buildings and civilian homes alike, hitting our EU office in Kyiv, the representation of our Union.”
The assertion from von der Leyen additionally notes that it will likely be “listing foreign banks connected to Russian alternative payment service systems.”
Different targets of those sanctions embody “118 additional vessels from the shadow fleet,” and “major energy trading companies Rosneft and Gazpromneft will now be on a full transaction ban.”
President von der Leyen’s assertion additionally highlights that it’s “working on a new solution to finance Ukraine’s defence efforts based on the immobilised Russian assets” and that they intend to guarantee that “the perpetrator must pay” for this battle.
