and then we have i think some of the most interesting sanctions/measures yet. that is export restrictions and this is long touted by the u.s. and europe and the uk but now we are seeing where they are hitting, and it is really targeting tech. tech that is critical to all sorts of different russian sectors. um, and this has really far-reaching consequences. for instance, taiwan who are implementing sanctions haven t got details on them yet but their biggest chipmaker, which is actually the biggest chipmaker in the world will no longer be able to sell semiconductors to russia because they use u.s. technology and so the u.s. export ban impacts them as well, so you can see how far-ranging that will be and how it will make life incredibly difficult, even for ordinary russians. not only does it target some of those kind of critical sectors when you are looking at conflict like defense, but also your average russian is going to be increasingly hard for them to make certain products. also, i
our union. we are developing tools to ban toxic and harmful disinformation in europe. and third, we will target the other aggressor of this for, lukashenko s regime. lukashenko s regime is complicit in the vicious attack against ukraine. so we will hit lukashenko s regime with a new package of sanctions. we will introduce restrictive measures against their most important sectors. this will stop their exports of products from mineral fuels to tobacco, wood and timber, iron and steel. we will also extend to belarus the export restrictions we introduced on dual use goods for russia. this will also avoid any risk of circumvention, of our measures against russia. and in addition we will sanction those
toxic and harmful this information in europe, and third, we will target the other aggressor of this war, lukashenko s regime. lukashenko s regime is complicit in the vicious attack against ukraine. so we will hit lukashenko s regime with a new package of sanctions. we will introduce restrictive measures against the most important sectors, this will stop their exports of products from mineral and fuel to tobacco, fuel and timber and steel. we will also extend to belarus the export restrictions. in addition, we will sanction those belarusians helping the russian war
sweep see den saying they will supply weapons as well. reporter: that s a reason they will be coming here in in a few days. what will that lethal assistance look like? the air space is precarious right now. he also said the u.s. will be expanding export restrictions on belarus. belarus has played a key role in this russian invasion.
sergey lavrov. the european union, the united kingdom, canada and australia have announced similar sanctions against the two men, as well. other sanctions against the united states this week targets some of russia s largest financial institutions, state-owned entities like the gas company gazprom, russian oligarchs and elites close to putin and officials in belarus and countries who aided russia s invasion of ukraine as well as officials involved with the pipeline nord stream 2. those sanctions will freeze their assets and cut them off from the global financial system. that, in effect, could cripple the russian economy. there will be new export restrictions, as well. including a ban on the export of technology often used in military equipment. the goal of that is to stunt russia s military growth and ambitions. joining me now is bill brower ceo of hermitage capital management and head of the