The European Union is preparing new sanctions against the Russian “shadow fleet”

The EU has announced that the new 17th package of sanctions against Russia will include new restrictions on the operation of the “shadow fleet”.

This is reported by “European Pravda”.

It is noted that the priority areas are further measures against the so-called Russian “shadow fleet”, as well as restrictions on transit routes for the Russian Federation through the Baltic Sea.

“Transit routes through the Baltic Sea are very important for the Russian economy. And we know that the shadow fleet also plays a very important role. We really want to do everything possible to stop or limit it”, the European diplomat noted in a comment to journalists.

In addition, the new package may include sanctions against the Russian energy sector.

The diplomat also expressed concern that each new package of sanctions is becoming increasingly difficult to adopt.

“We need unanimity to move forward with the 17th package. This may not be easy, given how difficult it was for us to achieve the extension of the current individual sanctions against Russia,” he stressed. Earlier it became known that Britain lifted sanctions on a Turkish shipowner whose vessels were operating in Russia.