EUobserver learned about the plan to impose sanctions against Leps, Mikhalkov and Goblin

The ninth package of EU sanctions will include 144 Russians, 169 companies, the Moscow Credit Bank and the Far East Bank,writes editionNikita Mikhalkov

The new package of EU sanctions against RUSSIA will impose restrictions on 144 people, including TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov, singer Grigory Leps, blogger Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin), DIRECTOR Nikita Mikhalkov, writes EUObserver.

In addition, three Russian channels - NTV / NTV Mir, Rossiya 1 and REN TV - must have their licenses for broadcasting in the EU revoked. They are accused of "gross misrepresentation and manipulation of facts".

The new sanctions also include economic measures - a ban on investments in the mining sector of Russia, a ban on the sale of dual-use technologies to 169 Russian companies and a freeze on the assets of the Moscow Credit Bank and the Far East Bank.

Earlier, Politico wrote that new EU sanctions would be imposed on 169 Russian companies and affect three TV channels. it reported that drone engines, chemical and biological equipment, riot control equipment and various consumer electronics, such as laptops, hard drives, cameras and lenses, fall under the new sanctions.

FT learned about Hungary's refusal to support new sanctions against Russia Politics

The details of the ninth sanctions package were not previously known, but on December 7, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that 200 individuals and legal entities would be subject to restrictions, including three banks, among which she named the All-Russian Regional Development Bank (RRDB). 

So far, European countries have not been able to agree on the ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions; on December 12, this was confirmed by the HEAD of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell. “This meeting of the EU Council will be very long and difficult. We have on the agenda the approval of the ninth package of sanctions against Russia. We are still in the process [of negotiation] and have not finished yet,” he said. Borrell pointed out that the sanctions proposal is "only a proposal, not a final decision" and needs to be discussed. “There are still a number of issues that need to be agreed upon,” the diplomat added. Earlier, the FT wrote that Hungary opposed the new sanctions. Her vote is enough to block the entire package, as the decision must be unanimous.

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