European Union approved The head of the EU foreign service, Josep Borrell, announced the 10th package of sanctions against Russia on Saturday (February 25th).
“The 10th package of sanctions has been accepted. The blacklist includes 121 natural and legal persons, significant new import and export restrictions were introduced, and Russian propaganda media were banned.
“We remain united in our determination to undermine the Russian military machine,” Borrell wrote on Twitter.
According to him, the blacklist includes people involved in the evacuation of children from the area. Special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
“As part of our lists, we target those responsible for the deportation and forced adoption of at least 6,000 Ukrainian children. “This is a clear violation of international law, including the Geneva Convention, which I spoke about at the UN Security Council yesterday,” Borrell said.
According to the text of the EU statement, new sanctions against Russia include banning the broadcast and distribution of RT Arabic and Sputnik Arabic.
In addition, additional export bans are imposed on critical technologies and industrial goods such as electronics, vehicles, machine parts, and goods for the construction sector that “could be used in the interests of the Russian armed forces”.
The list of prohibited goods includes new electronic components “used in Russian battlefield-derived weapon systems.”
The transit of dual-use goods and technologies exported from the EU through Russia is also prohibited in order to avoid circumvention of sanctions.
European Council bans Russian citizens from holding senior positions in strategic enterprises in the European Union, reports “New Newspaper. Europe”.
“Under the sanctions hit three Russian banks. Their names are not mentioned in the description, but Bloomberg the publication wrote that it could be Alfa-Bank, Tinkoff Bank and Rosbank,” he says.
In addition, the National Wealth Fund is also on the sanctions lists, he writes. “Lenta.Ru”.
What sanctions have been imposed by the EU against Russia?
The European Union began to impose sanctions on Russia in connection with the events in Ukraine in March 2014.
At the extraordinary summit held on March 6, 2014, it was decided that the EU would apply “pressure measures against Russia” “in case of no detente in Crimea”. The EU then introduced three packages of restrictions on Russia: personal, sectoral and the “Crimean” sanctions package.
In February 2022, these sanctions packages were added to Russia’s recognition of the independence of the LPR and DPR, as well as restrictions imposed in connection with the start. Special operations in Ukraine. Over the past year, the EU has enacted nine packages of restrictive measures against the Russian Federation.