18th sanctions package against Russia: these are the weaknesses of the penalties and how the EU is taking on China
Oil production in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. (Imago Imgaes/Yegor Aleyev/TASS)
The new EU sanctions are aimed at Russia's income from oil trade. However, they grant Moscow's important oil customers, Turkey and India, long transitional periods. This allows the Kremlin to continue filling its war chest.
