Tankers, oil prices, gas exports: experts on measures that can collapse the Russian economy

"It is impossible to underestimate the threat that Russia is for our national security. In order to increase pressure on Putin, I will declare the biggest package of sanctions for today. I will always do everything possible to protect hard -working people. Safety at home. Power abroad," Kir Starmer wrote today. Volodymyr Omelchenko, director of energy programs of the Center Razumkov, says that the director of the Razumkov Center Razumkov.

"Hard measures need to be taken to make it impossible to export Russian oil to world markets, including because of strict control over the transportation of Russian oil in the Baltic and in the Black Sea," the expert said in a conversation with focus.

In addition, according to Volodymyr Omelchenko, restrictions on Rosatom would be an effective measure, because Russia has occupied the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and now actually terrorizes Europe with the ability to create an artificial emergency at the captured ZPP. “It is necessary for the package to provide sanctions for both Rossa's leadership and its subsidiaries around the world. This is what is missing, ”the expert said.

Meanwhile, the recently, Ermak-Macfola sanction group has published the fourth plan of action to strengthen sanctions against Russia, which proposed several important areas for new sanctions. What are the proposals of the group on new measures against the Russian Federation Financial analyst Ivan Uglynitsa believes that now in Europe are unlikely to strengthen sanctions, in particular to set a new ceiling of Russian oil value.

“I am very skeptical about the real opportunity to introduce and actually implement it. As we can see, in the last year, the import of Russian gas to Europe has increased significantly - both oil and liquefied gas, the same with the import of ferrous metals into Europe with the Russian Federation. What also Gazprom's profit for last year also says. I think it (new sanctions to the Russian Federation - focus) is insignificant, ”Ivan Uglynitsa said.

The analyst, a member of the Ukrainian Society of Financial Analysts Andriy Shevchyshyn also believes that new powerful sanctions packages can be approved, but not right now when the United States is trying to be mediator in negotiations about peace in Ukraine. "It may be when the states come out of negotiations and are ready to strengthen sanctions, then the likelihood of applying some of these measures will increase," says Andriy Shevchyshyn.

Experts also talk about the need not only to increase the sanction pressure, but also to control the implementation of restrictions, and in case of violations - to respond to secondary sanctions. Earlier, the President of the Center for Globalism "XXI" Mikhail Gonchar said that 57% of Russian oil exports come from the Baltic ports, first of all, it is Ust-Lugu and Primorsk, and then through the Danish ducts enters the global market.

 In his opinion, the EU should stop the passage of oil tankers by banning them with Danish straits. This would hit Russia's capabilities to export its oil, accordingly, it would reduce the inflow of foreign exchange earnings used by the Kremlin to finance aggression against Ukraine. “Increasing control by Europeans on oil tankers carrying the Russian resource could significantly weaken Russia's oil revenues.