The EU was afraid of its own sanctions against Russia

The European Union is hesitant to impose sanctions on the Russian Aughinish Alumina plant in Ireland for fear of striking at its own industry. It is reported by the Financial Times.

It is reported that earlier a number of Irish media said that the plant's products were sold to a company supplying goods to the Russian military-industrial complex. However, the Irish government said that their investigation "did not yield unambiguous results."

It is noted that Dublin is under pressure from other capitals of the EU countries in connection with the future of Europe's largest alumina plant. However, officials warn that sanctions against Aughinish will jeopardize supplies to EU aluminum plants supplying the automotive and defense industries, as well as the power grid.

"If we impose sanctions against this company, we will cut ourselves off from supplies," said one of the EU officials.

Recall, the EU has already introduced 21 packages of sanctions against Russia. Oleg Deripaska, who founded Rusal, which includes Aughinish, is also on the sanctions lists.