![]() ![]() Today, Slovak road hauliers joined the Polish protests and began blocking the country's main border crossing point with Ukraine.ĭrivers from Poland and Slovakia both complain that their Ukrainian peers offer cheaper prices for their services and also transport goods within the EU, rather than just between the bloc and Ukraine. "By targeting these companies and their ships, we are upholding the dual goals of the price cap by restricting Russia's profits from oil while promoting stable global energy markets."Īs reported earlier, Polish lorry drivers have been staging protests on the country's border with Ukraine over the removal of a permit system for Ukrainian drivers (see 15.45 post). "Enforcement of the price cap on Russian oil is a top priority for the United States and our Coalition partners," treasury deputy secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement. It marks Washington's latest sanctions action cracking down on the shipment of oil above the Russian price cap as the it seeks to enforce the punitive measures it has imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine, which has killed or wounded tens of thousands and reduced cities to rubble. The US Treasury Department accused those targeted of using price cap coalition services while carrying Russian crude oil above the agreed price cap. The United States has today imposed further sanctions related to the price cap on Russian oil, targeting three entities and three oil tankers - as Washington seeks to close loopholes in the mechanism designed to punish Moscow for its war in Ukraine. ![]()
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