The EU has noticed the surge in exports to Russia’s neighbors and plans to crack down. The EU sanctions coordinator, David O’Sullivan, said at a forum with his counterparts from likeminded countries on Thur. that the measure of the success of the sanctions will be whether they can be fully and unconditionally implemented. “Those willing to make a profit regardless of legal or moral circumstances are ingenious in their tactics and methods,” he said. “We must tackle this from all angles.” The EU passed a 10th sanctions package on Sat., and itextends the list of sanctioned items to include “goods that can be easily redirected to be used to support the Russian war effort.” That can be such things as electric generators, pumps, binoculars, compasses and forklifts. Many Czech companies will be studying the list to see whether their third-country exports are now at risk. Legally and morally, the argument that gray-market imports into Russia aren’t under their control might not work much longer.

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