The first names are leaking as Brussels prepares to issue sanctions on Moscow for Putin's army' entrance into the Donbass.
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Politicians, military personnel, and professional "disinformers," but also banks, corporations, and oligarchs With the EU Council's final approval of the sanctions unanimously authorized by European foreign ministers yesterday to punish Putin's Russia, the expectation is increasing to know the list of persons who would be unable to enter the EU, do business, or buy in the 'Union. The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, was among the first to be sanctioned, according to initial reports.
He might be joined by the Kremlin's chief of staff, Anton Vaino, as well as the commanders of the air force, Sergey Surovikin, and the Black Sea fleet, Igor Osipov. The heads of the state banks Vtb and Veb, Dmitry Grigorenko (who also serves as deputy prime minister), and Igor Shuvalov are also named as probable targets by the British publication The Guardian. The same fate might befall Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of the founders of the Wagner Group's mercenary militias and a financier of a center for the spread of pro-Kremlin false news. Maria Zakharova, the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, might face penalties for her pro-Russian propaganda activities.
The list will very definitely include all 351 members of Russia's Duma, or Parliament, who voted on February 15 in favor of a plea to President Putin to acknowledge the independence of the self-styled'republics' of Donetsk and Luhansk. The entire list of those sanctioned by Brussels will be published this evening in the EU's Official Journal.
The EU sanctions package will not only target the individuals implicated in the Ukraine assault, but will also include a sectoral prohibition on financing the Russian Federation, its administration, and the Central Bank of Moscow, reducing the state's and government's capabilities. access to the EU's financial and capital markets, as well as services The latter is a step that might have a detrimental impact on numerous Italian banks.
The limitations will eventually have an impact on commercial links with the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. There will be a prohibition on the importing of items from the two areas, as well as limitations on commerce and investment in specific economic sectors, as well as a ban on providing tourism services and the export of certain commodities and technology.
The penalties for the war on Ukraine, which are in addition to those for the annexation of Crimea, will apply to a total of 555 individuals and 52 businesses.