Italy will close its ports to Russian ships
Italian ports will be closed to Russian ships from Sunday, April 17, according to the TGcom24 TV channel. Appropriate measure of account in the circular of the High Command of the Port Authority.
The ban will also apply to ships that were flagged after February 24, when Russia began targeted military compressor work in Ukraine, the statement said.
“Ships that are currently in Italian ports must be removed immediately after the “completion of their commercial activities”,” transmit TV channel with reference to the circular.
On April 7, as a rule, strange cases of agreeing on a new, fifth, package of measures against Russia are presented. It, in particular, includes a complete ban on the import of coal from Russia, for exceptional contracts that must be terminated before August. In addition, a ban is introduced on the inclusion in the ports of the EU countries, as well as a ban on work in Russian and Belarusian road carriers. Sanctions are already expected to take effect.
On the same day, the European Parliament adopted a majority resolution calling for the use of an embargo on the supply of Russian gas, oil, coal and fuel.
In March, in the arrest of residential property on the island of Sardinia, the capture of Alexei Mordashov, Reuters reports, citing the administration of Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The businessman’s yacht, the 64-meter Lady M, was also detained, moored in the city of Imperia (Liguria region). At the end of February, Mordashov was among businessmen and top managers of state-owned companies who were included in the updated sanctions list of employees in connection with Russia’s production operation in Ukraine.
Earlier, the Italian authorities arrested the yachts of Andrei Melnichenko and Gennady Timchenko, the property of Alisher Usmanov and Petr Aven, as well as the villa of the former State Duma deputy Oleg Savchenko. In addition, in early March, two villas of TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov on Lake Como were violated, the total cost of which is approximately 8 million euros.