The European Union extended the individual sanctions it has imposed on Russia since 2014 for another six months, and three Russian citizens were removed from the list. This is stated in Message Council of Europe.
“As part of the review of sanctions, the Council also decided not to renew the list of three people and to remove nine people from the list…” the statement said.
Specific people are not listed in this message.
Before reportedThe European Parliament has approved by majority vote a new law that introduces uniform rules for EU countries to suppress violations of the sanctions regime. In particular, the provision of financial services or legal advice in violation of sanctions will become criminally punishable. The concept of “exceeding sanctions” is defined as a crime.
Earlier it became known that the EU ambassadors were on the eve of the elections in the Russian Federation. intend Agreement was reached on new sanctions.