The European Union is preparing its first sanctions against Russia for disinformation. As part of this package, they will affect three legal entities and a dozen individuals.
Bloomberg notes that the proposed the sanctions will affect several Russian intelligence officers and teams, government officials and media entrepreneurs. They are directed against Russia for its disinformation operations and other hybrid activities, the publication notes:
“The restrictions are part of a new sanctions regime approved earlier this year that focuses on Russian-sponsored disinformation operations and other destabilizing activities around the world.”
In addition, further sanctions against Belarusincluding against about two dozen people accused of human rights violations or those who receive material benefits from their connections with the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.
EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve these packages at a meeting on Monday in Brussels ahead of elections scheduled for next month in Belarus. The proposals came at a time when EU agreed 15th package of sanctions against Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The new restrictions target more than 45 oil tankers involved in the clandestine transportation of Russian oil and several Chinese companies accused of helping Moscow develop attack drones. Edition addsthat sanctions require the support of all member countries and are subject to change.
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