EU to blacklist 145 more Russia-linked targets, including 50 banks
EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to sanction 145 more individuals and entities tied to Russia's war effort, including 50 banks, pending formal approval on 16 November.
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EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to add 145 more individuals and companies to the bloc's Russia sanctions lists, including 50 banks and firms linked to Moscow's of oil tankers, Kyiv Post reported, citing European Pravda. EU foreign ministers are expected to formally approve the move on Monday, 16 November.
The decision was reached at a meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels, known as COREPER. Of the new designations, 12 individuals and 101 legal entities will be listed under the EU's main sanctions regime for actions against Ukraine's territorial integrity, an EU diplomat told European Pravda.
A further 30 individuals and one company will be added under the EU's sanctions regime for Russia's hybrid-warfare activities, with one more entity listed under the bloc's cyberattack sanctions framework, Kyiv Post reported. Alongside the banks, the list includes companies accused of helping Russia's shadow fleet evade Western price caps on oil exports.
Any sanctions decision requires unanimous support from all 27 EU member states, a requirement that has caused delays in earlier rounds. On 11 September, the bloc failed to extend its sanctions after France and Slovakia demanded that businessman Alisher Usmanov and Alfa Bank co-founder Mikhail Fridman be removed from the list; the measures were extended by one week while talks continued.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the new measures, saying European sanctions remain essential to weakening Moscow's war effort by targeting both individuals working for Russian President Vladimir Putin's system and businesses that supply components for weapons production. He made the comments in Dublin, hours after talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States concluded in Abu Dhabi.
The announcement came as senior US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were due to meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday, before travelling to Dublin to brief Zelensky, following two days of Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi that produced an agreement on a prisoner swap but no breakthrough on territory.
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What we know
- 1 outlet · Kyiv Post EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to add 145 individuals and entities to the bloc's Russia sanctions lists, including 50 banks, Kyiv Post reported.
- 1 outlet · Kyiv Post EU foreign ministers are expected to formally approve the decision on Monday, 16 November.
- 1 outlet · Kyiv Post Of the new designations, 12 individuals and 101 entities are listed for actions against Ukraine's territorial integrity; 30 individuals and one company for hybrid warfare; one entity for a cyberattack.
- 1 outlet · Kyiv Post The round follows an EU sanctions package approved on 7 October covering about 1,650 targets linked to Russia's military-industrial complex.
- 1 outlet · Kyiv Post President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the move, saying sanctions are weakening Russia's ability to produce weapons.
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Why it matters for Europe
The new blacklist follows an EU sanctions round on 7 October that targeted around 1,650 individuals and entities tied to Russia's military-industrial complex and to elections held in occupied parts of Ukraine. Zelensky said European sanctions are one of the most effective levers for curbing Russian arms production, pointing to missiles, drones and communications systems, and called on Western partners to keep supporting the measures legally, economically and politically.
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- Kyiv Post: EU to Blacklist 145 Russia-Linked Targets, Including 50 Banks, in New Round of Sanctions
- Știripesurse: Rusia ia în calcul acorduri de neagresiune cu țările NATO. Planul Moscovei pentru o nouă arhitectură de securitate în Europa
- The Independent: Russia and Ukraine agree to biggest prisoner swap yet at Abu Dhabi peace summit
- The Kyiv Independent: Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow following Ukraine peace talks, Russian state media reports
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Questions and answers
- What did the EU agree on Wednesday?
- EU ambassadors agreed to blacklist 145 more individuals and entities linked to Russia's war effort, including 50 banks, pending formal approval on 16 November.
- What are the new sanctions aimed at?
- Most target firms and individuals linked to Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers and its military-industrial complex; others cover hybrid warfare and a single cyberattack-linked entity.
- Why did an earlier sanctions round stall?
- France and Slovakia demanded the removal of businessman Alisher Usmanov and banker Mikhail Fridman from the list in September, delaying an extension of existing sanctions by a week.
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