The EU spoke about the content of a new package of sanctions against Russia

New sanctionsThe EU, which is planned to be introduced by February 24, will include restrictions in the military and media sphere, said the HEAD of the European Commission. According to her,

The new, tenth, package of EU sanctions against RUSSIA will include a restriction on the EXPORT of goods worth more than €10 billion, in addition, "propagandists" will be blacklisted, said the head of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, reports REUTERS.

She expects the sanctions to hit Russia's "military machine" and the "fundamentals of the economy" of the country. What kind of "propagandists" in question, the head of the EC did not specify.

Earlier, von der Leyen said that the new package of sanctions would include restrictions on technologies used in the Russian military-industrial complex. Its EU is going to coincide with the anniversary of the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, February 24th.

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Sources from Bloomberg and Reuters previously reported on other possible measures that the EU may include in a new package of restrictions. Interlocutors of Bloomberg said that France requires the inclusion in the sanctions list of individuals and legal entities who are considered involved in the Wagner PMC. Earlier, agency sources said that the sanctions would affect the Russian military-industrial complex, drones and dual-use goods.

Reuters, citing unnamed diplomats, wrote that the EU could ban more "Russian propaganda media" and exclude more Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank information transfer system. Other proposals include restrictions against Rosatom and its leadership.

The EU adopted the last package of anti-Russian sanctions in December 2022. it included restrictions against 200 individuals and legal entities, banks - MKB and the Far East, a ban on investments in the Russian mining industry, etc.

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The Russian side considers the sanctions illegal. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out that the restrictions have affected the country's economy, but it is adapting to new conditions and Moscow is building relationships with new partners.