The leaders of the G7, a group that brings together the seven richest countries in the world, announced this Sunday (26) that they will ban gold imports from Russia.
The move, announced at the opening of the G7 summit in Germany this morning, is part of a series of sanctions by the group against Moscow in an effort to further isolate Vladimir Putin’s regime after the invasion of Ukraine.
“The United States has placed unprecedented costs on Putin for denying the resources necessary to finance his war against Ukraine. United, the G7 will ban the purchase of Russian gold, a key export that has raised tens of billions of dollars for Russia. Russia,” US President Joe Biden He wrote on Twitter.
According to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the ban on Russia’s gold will “directly hit the Russian oligarchs and the heart of Putin’s war machine”.
“Putin is wasting his scarce resources in this senseless and barbaric war. He is financing his ego at the expense of the Ukrainian and Russian people. We need to deprive the Putin regime of its funding,” he said.
Despite the confirmation, official sources heard by ANSA reported that negotiations on a ban on Russian gold are not yet over.
Other leaders of the G7, including American and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, are meeting mainly to discuss ways to secure energy supplies and fight inflation, although there are still disagreements over the issues.
Biden told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, “We have to stay together. Putin hopes that one of the G7 and NATO will leave, but that has not and will not happen.” “We are one, we are together”.
According to a US government source, Washington will be interested in discussing a cap on the price of oil, but the issue is getting closer to caps on the value of gas.
According to the reports, “there has not been a very broad discussion of the price cap on the value of oil.” In addition, the head of the EU council, Michel, explained that EU countries should be prevented from becoming secondary victims of sanctions and called for an agreement to be reached on the departure of grain from the Black Sea ports.
Before the afternoon’s summit session began, the G7 leaders toured the gardens of Elmau Castle and posed for pictures. Meanwhile, Draghi had a long conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
source: Noticias
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