“Bring significant income to the authorities”: how the EU explained the new sanctions

How the EU explained the sanctions against billionaire Roman Abramovich

The EU calls him "a Russian oligarch with long and close ties to Vladimir Putin," noting that this has helped him "preserve capital." The document noted that Abramovich is a key shareholder in the Evraz steel and mining company and that the company is one of the largest taxpayers in Russia.

How the EU explained the sanctions against Andrei Ryumin (HEAD of Rosseti), Vladimir Rashevsky (general DIRECTOR of the Eurochem group), Tigran Khudaverdyan (managing director of the Yandex group) and Senator Suleiman Kerimov

Everyone mentions participating on February 24, 2022 in “a meeting of oligarchs with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin to discuss a course of action after Western sanctions.” “The fact that he was invited to this meeting suggests that he is a member of the “inner circle” of oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin and that he supports or carries out actions or policies that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine ", the document says.