February 25, 2022
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The EU Council decided today to impose sanctions on the President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician. Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Through, to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as to representatives of the Russian Security Council. This was announced by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph Borrell
Josep Boról Fontales is a Spanish politician from the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Union.
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–He pointed out that last night the European Council did not reach a unanimity on this issue. Earlier today, Borrell noted that the necessary consent is still being sought. The sanctions provide for the seizure of property in the EU, but I do not know if they own anything in the EU, the High Representative explained.
According to him, so far there is no decision to exclude Russia from the SWIFT payment system, but a similar step can be taken in the coming days. According to him, this depends on Moscow’s behavior and unanimity in the EU.
Borel said that the list of sanctioned people approved today includes 26 Russian citizens who do not know if they are oligarchs, but are connected to the Russian financial sector, are not state representatives and are among those who benefit from the war in Ukraine. He summed up that the new sanctions affect 70 percent of Russia’s banking system. The High Representative added that the new decisions also affect representatives of Belarus.
We do not punish ordinary Russians. “Some of them have spoken out against the senseless war, and we congratulate them on their courage,” Borel said.
The High Representative clarified that if the government in Kiev changes, European aid will be reviewed.
He added that the EU needs to further assist Georgia and Moldova, as well as the countries of the Western Balkans, in this situation. Borrell said he was sending an additional 500 troops to the Althea peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the coming days. The High Representative noted that today’s meeting of European foreign ministers was the third this week.
