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mo4ch:>Europe supports possible US sanctions lift on Russia's Rusal & En+ | Mo4ch News

European envoys to the US backed plans to drop the sanctions against Rusal and En+, linked to Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, reports say. It would save thousands of jobs and curb “serious damage” to the aluminum industry.The ambassadors of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the UK as well as the head of the EU mission in the US addressed the American lawmakers, calling on them to push forward the potential lift of Washington’s penalties against the companies.The diplomats believe some 75,000 workers will have means of existence and Europe aluminum industry will be kept afloat, according to their letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel obtained by media, including Bloomberg and Tass, late on Friday. Also on rt.comShares in Russian aluminium giant Rusal surge as US lifts sanctions“By preventing serious damage to the European aluminum industry, the de-listing will help preserve existing supply chains which would otherwise l…