The European Union published a list of Russian officials who fell under sanctions because of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
Rain TV channel writes that 78 Russian citizens entered the sanction list. In addition to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishoustin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishoustin and Prime Minister Mikhatin.
In addition, the sanctions were introduced against the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Vladimir Kolokoltsev and the Special Representative of the President of Russia on environmental activities, ecology and transport, a member of the Security Council of Sergey Ivanov, as well as other high-ranking officials.
“In view of the severity of the situation, the Council believes that members of the National Security Council, who supported the immediate recognition by Russia of the two self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, should be added to the list of physical and legal entities, which are subject to restrictive measures. In addition, this list Persons who contributed to the Russian military aggression on the part of Belarus, as well as those members of the State Duma, who ratified the Government’s decision on the “Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People’s Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Lugansk People’s Republic” , – noted in the official Journal of the EU, which quotes TASS