Cool: EU sanctions against Belarus will affect exports for $ 250-300 million a year

European Union (EU) sanctions against Belarus will affect Belarusian exports energy and petrochemical products for 250-300 million dollars a year. This was stated by the deputy head of the presidential administration of Belarus Dmitry Krutoy on the air of the Belarus 1 television channel, RIA Novosti reports. a more creative delivery matrix to Europe. At the same time, he noted that no drop is planned for goods and services that will not be affected by restrictions.

Now, the provision with export supplies for 2022 is about 50 percent, the deputy head of the presidential administration stressed. At the same time, according to experts, for export groups under sanctions, according to experts, this is about $ 250-300 million a year, a decrease is expected, he added.

Earlier, Krutoy said that Belarus covers losses from sanctions for due to low prices for gas from Russia. “If gas on European markets today costs more than a thousand dollars, and in our country it costs 128.5 dollars [per thousand cubic meters], this is a huge competitive advantage,” the Belarusian official said.

Pentagon spokesman: Russia has deployed about 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine intent to invade Ukraine and does not consider them a bluff. This was announced by a high-ranking Pentagon official in a conversation with Fox News.

The channel’s interlocutor confirmed the information that Russia has deployed about 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine.

Earlier in December, The The Washington Post has published a map of Russia’s offensive against Ukraine. According to US intelligence documents, Moscow plans to involve 100 battalion tactical groups of up to 175,000 troops in the offensive. As a spokesman for the US administration clarified on condition of anonymity, the scale of the forces “is twice that which we saw last spring during Russia’s operational exercises near the borders of Ukraine.” the attack can occur in late January – early February. At the first stage, it is planned to enter from the south of Ukraine in order to ensure supplies to Crimea, as well as cut off the country from the sea.