2022-03-15 00:08:17
Statement of the Anti-War Committee of Russia The sanctions imposed on Putin's Russia have had a sobering effect on many leaders in Russia, but so far have not led to the abandonment of military aggression against Ukraine.
These sanctions have not yet hit the most important resource for financing aggression - foreign exchange earnings from the supply of energy resources and other raw materials to the European Union, primarily payments for natural gas supplies. Now this money is landing in Kharkiv and Mariupol in the form of bombs and missiles.
We, the Anti-War Committee of Russia, are aware of the difficulties for some European countries to completely abandon Russian oil and gas supplies in a short time. But we are convinced of the need to take a new step, limiting the financial capacity of the Putin regime to finance military aggression. We urge Western countries to direct payments for contracted Russian oil and gas supplies to Russian bank accounts in EU member states that are already under sanctions and cannot be used to pay for Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. Ultimately, permissions for how to use these should be determined by the EU member states following consultations with the legitimate government of Ukraine.
Members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia:
Sergey Aleksashenko, economist
Evgeny Chichvarkin, entrepreneur
Konstantin Chumakov, scientist
Dmitry Gudkov, politician
Sergei Guriev, economist
Vladimir Kara-Murza, politician, historian
Garry Kasparov, politician, 13th world chess champion
Mikhail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former political prisoner
Evgeny Kiselev, journalist
Eugene Koonin, biologist
Yulia Latynina, writer, journalist
Elena Lukyanova, lawyer
Yuri Pivovarov, historian, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Viktor Shenderovich, writer
Lyubov Sobol, politician
Boris Zimin, entrepreneur
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