Pro-Kremlin oligarchs must “pay” for the defense of the world against Russian aggression ,
KYIV.UkraineGate. 7. July . 2022 | Economy .
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“Finland applied to NATO, so it must act as a member of the alliance. The synchronous sanctions policy of the NATO countries provides precisely such tough actions. At least as much as national legislation allows. If Finnish national law allows the seizure of assets of sanctioned oligarchs, why not? Finland acts, in principle, synchronously, because it is the Russian oligarchs who must be forced to pay for defense against Russian aggression. And let them deal with the Russian state themselves,” Tsibulko said.
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He emphasized that any trade with Russia now could cost Finland very dearly. That is why the country should continue to implement sanctions against Russian companies in the future, in particular, this applies to the Russian “Tomet”, a methanol producer that is produced at the “TogliattiAzot” site, which belongs to the Russian oligarch Mazepin. According to the media, “Tomet” is also informally managed by Mazepin.
“Any trade with Russia now harms the interests of Finland. Sanctions are inertial and are introduced gradually, but the inertia of their action is stretched over months. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account how to extend the effect of sanctions in time so that there is room for the authorities to maneuver, so that the vacuum created by the sanctions on the markets will help to fill the partner countries. However, in the future, the Finns should do this (to block the methanol of “Tomet” – ed.),” Cybulko summarized.
In total, assets of several dozen Russian and Belarusian individuals and legal entities, including transport companies, worth at least 82 million euros were frozen in Finland to comply with EU sanctions.
At the same time, when Finland decided to stop the railway connection with Russia, there were about 5,000 Russian railway cars in the country, which they wanted to return to the Russian Federation: however, the bailiffs ordered the arrest of some of them.
A number of wagons belong to the company “Uralchim-Trans”, whose former owner Dmytro Mazepin ceded control to “Uralchim” after falling under EU sanctions. Mazepin sold 52% to “Uralchim” and only 48% of the company remained in the ownership of the businessman.
In March, Finnish Railways (VR Group) announced the suspension of shipments from Uralchyma, Uralkali, EuroChem, TogliattiAzota and Tometa (which produces methanol at the TogliattiAzota site), but the latter still continues to ship methanol through October railway to Finland with transshipment in the port of Kotka.
Source: Ukrgate
