The EU imposed sanctions against Mordashov, Usmanov, Fridman and Peskov

The new package of sanctions includes restrictions on Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian businessmen,heads of companies and TV presenters Alisher Usmanov

The European Union has introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia in connection with the military operation in Ukraine, according to the official journal of the EU.

Restrictive measures affected:

officials, politicians, senators:

press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov; Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko; Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Irek Fayzullin; Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev; Secretary of the General Council and First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak, writer Zakhar Prilepin;

businessmen:

Alexey Mordashov; Mikhail Fridman; Alisher Usmanov; Peter Aven; cellist Sergei Roldugin; Alexander Ponomarenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheremetyevo; Gennady Timchenko;

company heads:

the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin; the head of Transneft, Nikolai Tokarev; the head of Promsvyazbank, Petr Fradkov;