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The European Commission will propose a new package of sanctions against Russia

On February 24, the European Commission (EC) will propose a new package of sanctions against Russia for approval by the leaders of the countries of the European Union. This was stated by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference, RIA Novosti reports.

According to her, these sanctions will be aimed at strategic sectors of the Russian economy, their access to technologies and markets that are key to the Russian Federation will be blocked.

“We will weaken the Russian economic base and its ability to modernize. In addition, we will freeze Russian assets in the European Union and stop the access of Russian banks to the European financial market,” the head of the EC said.

Earlier, the EU imposed sanctions against three Russian financial institutions.

In addition, the EU has released the names of more than 500 Russians who have been sanctioned. The sanctions list includes Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, journalist Vladimir Solovyov, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin and his wife, and others.

The European Commission will propose a new package of sanctions against Russia