EU: New sanctions list will start to operate on the last working day of the week in the evening

New sanctions list on Ukraine will be posted and will start working on the last working day of the week in the evening, according to the appeal of the Council of the EU.
in the message Also it is informed, that the Council of permanent Plenipotentiaries of the EU agreed on fresh criteria on sanctions against Russia, they concern persons and factories that support or benefit from decisions of the Russian Federation in Crimea and Ukraine, RIA " news "." the meeting Also reached an agreement on the expansion of the criteria of inclusion in the list). This will pave the way to freeze the assets and ban on entry to persons and companies that actively support or benefit from Russian officials responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilization of the Eastern Ukraine ", - said in a communique. As emphasized in the communique, the legislative acts will be definitively publication published in the journal of the EU on the last working day of the week (July 25) in the evening. First of media stated that New sanctions list of the European Union made the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the foreign intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, as Well as security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. On Thursday the Committee of permanent Plenipotentiaries of the EU countries on Thursday russiansociety the list to include the names of fifteen Residents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as Well as 18 organizations. Before that, it was declared that the EU may take action to ban for Europeans to purchase the debentures and the shares of all Russian credit organizations with state participation has more than 50%. It was stated that on Thursday the European Commission will announce proposals for action against Russia in the spheres of defense and access to financial markets. on 18 July, the European Union extended the legal basis for the use of restrictive measures of the EU in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The European Council of 17 July adopted a final report on Ukraine, in which, for example, it is reported that the leaders of EU member States asked the European Commission to revise and stop for some time a number of programmes of cooperation with Russia, in addition to cross-border cooperation and programmes of civil society. Also on July 17, the U.S. government has introduced fresh punishment relative to Russian organizations, and among them, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank, energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK, and organizations of the Russian military-industrial complex, including " Almaz-Antey " concern " Kalashnikov ". Punishment USA will affect NGOs " Izhmash ", NGO " Bazalt ", Uralvagonzavod and instrument design Bureau.


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