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Italy quietly removes its luxury items from NATO sanction list, others to follow suit

Abhishek Srivastava by Abhishek Srivastava
February 28, 2022
in Europe, Geopolitics
russia,sanctions,italy,NATO
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Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, the western countries rallied around imposing sanctions on Russia. The US, UK, Japan, Australia, and EU were among the first countries to impose severe sanctions on Russia and its political leadership. Outraged by the actions of Russia, NATO too, decided to impose its share of sanctions on Moscow. But, it appears that some countries like Italy were not elated with NATO’s response.

Italy has a stable economy and produces many high-value luxury products. The Rome centric country is known for its high-value luxury and lifestyle products which are most sought after across the world

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Italy’s luxury products get an exemption from the NATO sanction list

The Italian luxury goods companies were the first ones to show their disapproval towards the NATO list of sanctioned products. Italian diplomats reportedly called for the luxury goods sector to be left untouched, allowing Italian exports of clothing, jewellery, and other products to continue being sold in Russia.

Belgium was also reportedly unhappy that sanctions were to be placed on the diamond trade, with officials saying that these would do more harm to the diamond trade than Russia itself.

Both Italian luxury goods and diamonds were ultimately spared from the West’s sanctions on ultra-wealthy oligarchs as of Friday, but questions remain as to how sanctions will handle the deep-seated ties Russia’s wealthiest people have with Europe.

The U.S. and Western European economic punishments revolve around curtailing Russian banks’ ability to do business abroad and in other currencies, blocking the country’s access to foreign-made technology, and limiting international trade. But Italy back out exposes an uncomfortable truth: The riches of Putin’s Russia are sunk deep into the heart of the Western world.

Italy has deep economic ties to Moscow with several big spenders in Russia admiring the made-in-Italy brand and remains an important part of the Italian luxury products customer base.

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Global leaders have criticized Italy, Germany, and Hungary for failing to agree on isolating Russia from using the SWIFT payment system, a network that enables international financial transactions. Many diplomats were also unhappy with Italy’s push to have luxury goods exempted from the EU’s sanctions.

It seems that, for Italy, selling Gucci loafers to Russian rich people is more of a priority than hitting back at Putin. Well, here Italy is not alone. Germany, Hungary and Belgium also lack certainty as they prefer doing business in Russia over punishing it with sanctions. Moreover, this is not the end, more and more European countries (under the pressure of their domestic industries and companies) will follow suit and demand exclusion of something or the other from the NATO sanctions list.

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