EconomyPolitics Lithuania urges the disconnection of all Russian banks from the SWIFT community and the imposition of sanctions on your entire fleet of over 1,100 Russian shadow vessels. Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda emphasised that any Russian banks not at present below sanctions should be faraway from the SWIFT worldwide cost system. Moreover, he known as for broader restrictions towards vitality firms that feed the Russian funds, together with Nord Stream, Rosatom, Gazprom, and Lukoil. He advocates for the upcoming 18th sanctions bundle to be as complete as attainable.

“In any other case, they are going to take into account us weak and consider that Europe shouldn’t be able to make daring choices,” Nauseda warned.

He additionally insisted that each one of Russia’s shadow fleet vessels needs to be included on this bundle, noting that sanctions have solely been positioned on 350 of those ships to this point. Nauseda criticized present Russian sanctions as “not decisive sufficient,” as they permit the Kremlin to bypass them, which permits the Russian financial system to perform comparatively effectively. He believes that the Kremlin represents a worldwide menace and pressured the significance of reinforcing Europe’s collective solidarity.