They revealed that Ukraine could, as early as Friday, March 22, not only cancel the list, but also shut down a website that provides detailed information about people under Western sanctions, companies and the origin of Russian weaponry.
The blacklist has no legal status, but has been considered a source of “shame” for around 50 large companies named there for operating in Russia and helping the Kremlin in the war in Ukraine, for example by paying taxes.
The end of the campaign to put the companies on the “list of shame”, if it happens, would indicate how Kiev needs to reconsider its position on the issue as it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain global support for its effort of war, more than two years after the invasion of the Russian army.
“It’s about China, but not only China,” said a source familiar with the matter, also alluding to pressure from France to delist retailer Auchan and Leroy Merlin.
Beijing, a major consumer of Ukrainian grain, demanded in February that officials in Kiev remove 14 Chinese companies from the list to “remove the negative impact” on them.
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Although China is seen as an ally of Russia, Kiev has said it hopes the world’s second-largest economy will attend a summit of world leaders this spring to promote President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s vision of an eventual peace.
The second source cited by Reuters revealed that Austria, China, France and Hungary had put pressure on Ukrainian officials over the list, adding that it could be removed from the internet within days.
A third person said there was frustration with Ukraine for identifying and listing companies from countries that support Kiev. Foreign ministries in the four countries did not immediately respond or declined requests for comment, and the sources cited by Reuters all requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
Hungary has long had strained relations with Kiev and has maintained ties with Moscow. While Prime Minister Viktor Orban has condemned the Russian invasion, his government has refused to send weapons to Ukraine and has repeatedly supported peace talks.
In 2023, Hungary threatened to block EU military support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia if its OTP bank was not removed from the blacklist published by the Ukrainians. And after a short time the bank was deleted from there.
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Austria, which continues to use Russian gas and acts as a hub for Russian money, has taken a similar stance. Late last year, the government said it would not agree to European Union sanctions until Raiffeisen Bank International, Russia’s largest Western bank, was removed from the blacklist. Raiffeisen was also deleted from the list.
A list that also includes nine American companies and four each from France and Germany.
Two of the Reuters sources said it was possible that the list, which is compiled by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP), would be transferred to the purview of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and maintained, but in this scenario it was unclear whether the list will remain public.
A first indication of the mounting pressure to delete the list is that on Tuesday, the Ukrainian government announced that a meeting of senior government officials and foreign diplomats had been convened. The statement about the meeting said the list had a “negative impact” on the adoption of “important decisions to counter Russian aggression” and that diplomatic representatives complained about the list’s “lack of regulatory framework”.
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