EU sanctions against almost 3,000 individuals and entities linked to Vladimir Putin’s Russia could lapse at the end of Tuesday after Latvia blocked a proposed compromise involving two Russian oligarchs, diplomats said.
The dispute was triggered by France’s demand that the EU lift travel bans and asset freezes imposed on Alisher Usmanov, a Russian-Uzbek tycoon, on what Paris described as “national security” grounds. Diplomats said the request was linked to a potential prisoner exchange involving two French nationals, including a man accused of spying in Azerbaijan.
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Based Latvia. Really strange what is going on there regarding the sanctions on Usmanov
Based Latvia indeed!
At this point, I’m waiting for a EU country that simply vetoes everything until we finally get rid of unanimous voting. The current system is too prone to blackmailing individual countries, offering a leverage for our opponents to use againt us. One country’s particular interests, such as France’s in this case or Putin’s pawn in Bratislava, should never block the EU as a whole.
