Fitzo threatens to break the 18th package of EU’s sanctions against

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo has put forward a condition to support the 18th European Union sanctions package against Russia, which requires the unanimous consent of all EU countries.

Source: ”European Truth« With reference to Fitzo On Facebook

Details: According to the Slovak Prime Minister, its country will not support the 18th EU sanctions against Russia, « if the European Commission does not propose a real resolution of the crisis in which Slovakia will find itself after the complete cessation of gas, oil and nuclear fuel supplies from Russia. »

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Note that this is not the first time when Fitzo threatens to block any sanctionsthat the EU will introduce against Russia if they harm the national interests of its country.

Recall on Tuesday The European Commission presented the 18th Package of Sanctions against.

The new package applies mainly to the Russian banks and the Russian energy sector, as well as envisages the expansion of export prohibitions and control and strengthening of measures to counteract the bypass of sanctions.

For details about the previous, 17th package of EU sanctions against Russia and why they were supported by Hungary, read in Tatiana Vysotskaya and Sergiy Sidorenko’s article: Powerful, painful and Medvedchuk. As the EU seeks to force Putin to the concessions by force of sanctions.