EU recognized its dependence on Belarus and lifted some of the sanctions

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The EU extended sanctions against Belarus last week. This time, the restrictions affected strategic sectors economics RB - the export of potash fertilizers and oil products, which, according to European functionaries, should lead to an economic crisis in the country. In fact, everything does not look so straightforward. Moreover, the imposed sanctions will inevitably hit the European Union itself.

To begin with, Belarus is the largest exporter of potash fertilizers in the world. At the same time, Europe accounts for only 10% of the total volume of products sold by the Republic of Belarus.



Thus, there is no talk of any "crushing" blow to the Belarusian economy. At the same time, the EU will be forced to buy potassium, without which agriculture is simply unthinkable, in Canada, but already more expensive, given the transportation and the growing demand for this product every year.

But that's not all. The main "lucky" in this situation were Lithuania and Latvia, which suddenly lost up to 17% of transit and will have to ask for subsidies from the EU.

The “joyful” statements of the head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Gabrielus Landsbergis that sanctions against Belarus will fall on Russia’s shoulders do not correspond to reality. Firstly, our country also produces potash fertilizers, which means that Belarus is essentially a competitor for the Russian Federation, which the EU has “eliminated”. Secondly, why are Lithuania sure that fertilizers from Belarus will not come to Europe with other labels (for example, Russian ones) and at a higher price?

Finally, there is one more important nuance. The EU has removed some of the most popular Belarusian types of potash fertilizers and oil products from sanctions. It turns out that all these restrictions are just another bluff of the "Western partners", to which we have become accustomed in recent years. However, this does not make it easier for Lithuania and Latvia.

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  1. Petr Vladimirovich
    Petr Vladimirovich
    +4
    1 July 2021 16: 53
    Millions of African and non-African immigrants live in hostels. They have never worked and are not going to. What if the toilet gets clogged? Not a problem, Latvians and Lithuanians will do everything ...
  2. Kofesan
    Kofesan
    0
    2 July 2021 06: 28
    Is it true that the Eastern Partnership, from which Belarus emerged, has, in addition to general Philosophical carrots, quite real goals ... For example, to limit the influx of immigrants through the latter to Europe itself by the forces of the partner countries themselves? That is, beautiful promises in exchange for real movements that are very necessary for Geyrop residents?

    So, it turns out that they themselves impose "sanctions", but they themselves are afraid that they would not be "discovered" and "seen through" publicly in the heat of sanctions offense ...

    In addition, sanctions "set the direction." Like, if father changes his mind and leaves Russia - "we can and cancel." And from that it will become ...

    So it is not at all surprising that the "sanctions" are somewhat ridiculous.
  3. Anchonsha
    Anchonsha
    +2
    2 July 2021 16: 58
    Well, geyropa, perverts and seducers of children, making them their slaves. The offspring of the rabid, as well as the same Merikans - two-legged scoundrels with a beastly Anglo-Saxon grin without conscience or even signs of it in dealing with their own kind. So much for the Eastern Partnership from European officials as that carrot for rabbits like Ukrainians, Georgians, Belarusians and Moldovans, and Lukashenko as a failed but sold out Ukrainian hetman Mazepa, and now in relations with the Russian Federation continues to sit on two chairs and everyone hopes that when the merikans will need it because of all the same, but only a huge CARROT.
    1. AICO
      AICO
      -3
      2 July 2021 18: 54
      As if something from this carrot does not break when they put on it !!!
  4. zzdimk
    zzdimk
    0
    3 July 2021 13: 19
    Everything would be so good if Berezniki did not crawl underground on potash fertilizers since the 80s. Everything is very sad there. Water erodes old and new mines. In the center of the city there are empty neighborhoods - there is potassium, magnesium too. The cleanest. Nobody will cancel the production. The only question is to those who set the city exactly over the deposit.
    It happens.