Politico: The EU intends to withdraw four countries from the zone of influence of Russia and China

According to him, the EU is interested in Brazil, Nigeria, Chile and Kazakhstan.

"Each of them represents a potential foothold for the European Union in regions where the Western alliance is vying for influence and resources with Russia and China," Barigazzi writes.

He noted that all these countries are rich in resources.

According to Bloomberg, the EU countries intend to impose a ban on the transit of part of the goods through the territory of Russia as part of the new sanctions package.

Also, the publication EuObserver, citing the text of the proposals for sanctions, reported that Poland and the Baltic countries propose, as part of a new package of anti-Russian measures, to disconnect the Russian Gazprombank from SWIFT.

On April 14, European Commissioner for Financial Stability Mairead McGuinness said that the EU was preparing to introduce the 11th package of anti-Russian sanctions.