The procedure for approving sanctions against the Russian Federation for recognizing the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR has been completed. presiding in EU France announced:
“The written procedure for sanctions has been successfully completed. Legal acts have been adopted and will be published for immediate entry into force by the end of the day” (02/23/2022).
This means that all member states of the European Union have put their signatures under the sanctions package. Previously, its content became known the day before. The sanctions list includes 351 Russian parliamentarians, 27 enterprises and individuals. The name of the Russian president is not mentioned there.
Josep Borrell spoke about the details at a press conference following an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers on the situation in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports, who concluded: “Sanctions should hit Russia hard.”
Yesterday, US President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the White House on the situation around Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, he announced sanctions in response to the “deployment of Russian troops” in the “LDNR”. The United States is imposing sovereign debt sanctions on Russia designed to cut Moscow off “from Western funding,” Joe Biden said in a special address. According to RIA Newsrestrictive measures come into force from today, from Wednesday. According to the American president, they will also affect members of the Russian elites and their families, who “share the corruption danger of the Kremlin’s policies and share their pain.”
The European Union calls on Russia to reconsider the recognition of the DNR and LNR, and threatens with new sanctions, writes edition.
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