Our guest, Salvatore Ricci, is the initiator of the European Citizens Initiative “Stop Funding Russia’s War”.
The initiative denounces that the EU is still importing 28bn€ a year from Russia, including natural gas, steel, fertilizers or nickel.
Ricci demands that the EU must become free from Russian influence and must stop funding its war machine.
He tells us why companies are still buying from Russia, and why governments don’t want to intervene.
Timestamps:
- 00:00 - Effectiveness of EU sanctions
- 02:45 - Russian economic and tax impact
- 05:15 - Sanction goals: pain and principle
- 07:30 - Role of China and India
- 10:00 - Strikes on Russian oil refineries
- 13:00 - Military casualties and domestic risks
- 15:45 - The 28 billion trade loophole
- 19:00 - Steel lobbying and member resistance
- 22:30 - Chemicals and fertilizers funding war
- 26:00 - Stop Funding Russia’s War initiative
- 30:30 - Achieving total trade shutdown
- 33:00 - Future autonomy and resource diversification