Yes. I surely can answer that.
The sanctions are harmful to Russia but not harmful enough for Putin to stop the war. He clearly gets a lot of money from gas and oil. In that regard, I am really thankful to Canada for being the first G7 country to completely ban oil.
Right now we are still waiting for the sixth package of sanctions from the European Union. The very end of it is probably being negotiated right now. In this package we will probably see a ban on oil, but we will not see a ban on gas. Gas brings a lot of money to Russia. By our count, Russia gets around 800 million euros per day selling energy resources. That's probably the same amount they spend for the war in Ukraine, every day. They get this money all the time.
Another thing that has to be strengthened is sanctions on banks. Gazprombank is the bank that is operating all these transactions with energy resources. It's not under sanction. It's not off SWIFT yet. We hope that Swedbank, another big system bank, will be on this sanctions list.
A total embargo on energy resources would do the thing. We understand that it's a long time. Help from the United States and Canada could probably be provided to countries to find other sources for getting energy.
Another thing that I think Canada could be very helpful on, and that you and members of the foreign affairs committee could work on, would be in trying to influence India. India is trying to stay neutral—to buy oil, to have business as usual with Russia. It's not a time to be neutral. Please talk to Indian parliamentarians. We're ready to have a three-country meeting between the Ukrainian parliament, the Indian parliament and the Canadian Parliament. Please help us negotiate in that.
Thanks.