Zakharova mocks von der Leyen as 'Captain Obvious of EuroTitanic'
Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova called EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the 'captain of the Titanic of Europe'.
Consensus
- Maria Zakharova referred to Ursula von der Leyen as 'Captain Obvious EuroTitanic'.
- Von der Leyen acknowledged that the EU's economy had long relied on cheap energy imports from Russia.
- The EU has introduced new sanctions on Russian oil and petroleum products.
- The EU updated its sanctions legislation to allow member states to sell seized Russian oil without transferring proceeds to previous owners.
- The 21st package of sanctions was delayed due to Greece's opposition to banning the transport of Russian liquefied natural gas to third countries.
Points of divergence
- Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the Fund for National Energy Security and an expert at the Financial University, stated that the new restrictions will hit European companies the hardest. — vm
- Von der Leyen mentioned that the EU's trade deficit with China approached one billion euros per day. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Zakharova called von der Leyen 'Captain of the Obvious 'Euro-Titanic' — Вечерняя Москва
- Zakharova called von der Leyen "Captain of the Obvious Euro-Titanic" — Вести
Key entities
- Von der Leyen
- Russia
- Maria Zakharov
- MID
- European Union
- EC
- KП
- KP.RU
- European Commission
- Paris
- Moscow 28 Aug Vesti
- EuroTitanica
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