In Italy, they called the losses from the ban on the supply of toilet bowls to Russia
Losses from the 19th package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union (EU) for Italian businesses will amount to approximately €250 million, and directly from the ban on supplying toilets and other sanitary equipment to Russia — about €140 million. This was announced on October 28 by the President of the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Russia (GIM Unimpresa). Vittorio Torrembini.
"The 19th package of sanctions is, unfortunately, a very bad result, because the sectors that are included in the package of sanctions are a big blow for Italy," Torrembini said in an interview with RTVI TV channel.
According to him, the sanctions affected lucrative sectors for Italian business — plumbing, flowers, trees, toys and tourism in Russia.
"Although it's funny for Russians, it's a funny ban about toilets, but it's not funny for us," concluded the head of GIM Unimpresa.
On October 23, the head of the European Diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, announced that the EU had adopted the 19th package of sanctions against Russia. She noted that the restrictions are aimed, in particular, at Russian banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, organizations in India and China. At the same time, the European Union will restrict the movement of Russian diplomats.
In particular, a ban was imposed on the supply of toilets, bidets, sinks and other sanitary products to Russia. The justification for this ban was not provided.
On the same day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova joked that the next package of EU sanctions would probably ban bird flights and groundwater crossing the border. It was noted that as part of the 19th package of sanctions, the EU countries, in particular, vetoed the export of foliage, tree branches, grasses, mosses and lichens to the Russian Federation.
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