Around 130 legal entities and individuals, including officials and journalists of state media, may be included in the new package of EU sanctions against Russia, Politico reports.
"New listings of some 130 entities and people, proposed by Poland, Baltic countries, Germany, France, and others," the report said. The list may include Russian military leaders, journalists working for Russian state media such as Russia Today, or companies and individuals connected to Russia’s military activities, namely in Mali and Iran.
Russian nationals may also be banned from serving on boards of "critical infrastructure companies in the EU, such as electricity grids or gas providers."
At the same time, according to the newspaper, "Additional trade bans on imports into the EU of Russian rubber and asphalt or bitumen (an oil product) and on exports into Russia of EU goods including trucks, other heavy vehicles, construction machines, pumps and other machines used in the construction sector. The package also includes additional export bans on electronic components that Russia could use to make weapons. It’s unclear, officials said, whether diamonds will make it into the package."
New financial sanctions may include restrictions against four Russian banks, including Russia’s largest private bank Alfa-Bank. At the same time, the EU also plans to put restrictions on "a Dubai-based shipping company, suspected of helping Russia circumvent sanctions on oil exports."
President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen said earlier that the tenth package of European Union’s sanctions intended to be introduced by February 24 implies restrictions worth 10 bln euro. The EU plans to close gaps existing in previous packages in the new sanctions package, the EC President said.
