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US President

Joe Biden

has announced that the

G7

, whose leaders are meeting in

Germany

today , will announce a ban on the import of gold from

Russia

among the measures aimed at sanctioning the

invasion of Ukraine

by that country.

Biden

said on Twitter that "together with the

G7

we will announce that we are banning the import of Russian gold, a major import bringing in tens of billions of dollars to

Russia

."

The US president added on the social network that "the United States has imposed unprecedented costs against (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to deprive him of the income he needs to finance his

war against Ukraine

."

The purpose of the summit is to extend the sanctions already imposed by

the United Kingdom

, the

United States

,

Japan

and

Canada

, British sources indicated, according to which Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

will try to convince the rest of the

G7

- that is, including the partners of the

European Union

(EU),

Germany

,

France

and

Italy

- to join that step.

Johnson

considers that "a direct blow must be dealt to the Russian oligarchs", touch "the heart of the arms industry" of President

Vladimir Putin

and choke his sources of financing.

The delegations of the three EU partners present in

Elmau,

the Bavarian castle where the summit is held, are already addressing this possible extension of the sanctions with regard to gold, although at the moment there are no decisions in this regard, sources indicated. Germans.

Neither does Berlin consider that Germany should assume a leadership role, within the EU bloc, regarding the

war in Ukraine

, as is apparently being proposed by the

White House

.

Scholz

's purpose

is to "seek consensus", rather than assuming leadership, both within the G7 and in the meetings to which the leaders of the five countries invited to the summit will join tomorrow -India, Indonesia, South Africa, Senegal and Argentina-, the latter representing all of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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