The European Union plans to prepare a clearer legal framework for measures against family members of previously sanctioned Russian businessmen. Agency reports Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the situation.
The EU aims to provide a clearer legal framework to target Russian billionaire family members under sanctions.
In the near future, EU member states will introduce a bill that will set the criteria and legal framework that would allow sanctions to be imposed on family members of an individual, Bloomberg reported.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda spoke Before the European Parliament, calling for increased EU pressure on Russia on the backdrop of the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine.