The European Union imposed sanctions against 351 Russian deputy

The European Union imposed sanctions against 351 deputy of the Russian State Duma, which voted for recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR. The restrictions will also be introduced against 27 individuals and legal entities, said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel. It is reported by TASS.

Banks and organizations that, according to the EU, finance the military operations of Russia in the Donbass. President Vladimir Putin is not among them. “There will no longer be shopping in Milan, parties in Saint -Trope, diamonds in Antwerp. This is the first step,” Borrel wrote on Twitter, but later deleted the post.

Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new sanctions against Russian businessmen and banks. The list includes five Russian banks: VEB, Russia, Promsvyazbank, Industrial Savings Bank and Black Sea Bank. Under individual sanctions were businessmen Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg and Igor Rotenberg.

Deputies of the State Duma responded to RBC said they did not see a big problem in the sanctions. The LDPR deputy Stanislav Naumov called them "empty gesture" and did not rule out that the lists would be expanded to 400 people. According to Naumov, sanctions are part of European policy and bureaucracy. “But they with their scarecases, horror stories were behind for several decades. And they will not take a single deputy to the Submissions with these sanctions,” the deputy said.

Vladimir Putin decided to recognize state independence of the DPR and LPR on the evening of February 21. On February 22, both "republics", the State Duma and the Federation Council ratified agreements on friendship and mutual assistance. Putin announced the termination of the Minsk agreements.

The Kremlin’s actions criticized a number of Western countries. US President Joe Biden announced that in the near future he would sign a decree prohibiting investment in the “DPR” and “LPR” and trade with them. The leaders of world states called Putin’s decree by a violation of international law.

The authorities of Japan are preparing sanctions against the Russian Federation, they can affect the export of semiconductors and high -tech products using artificial intelligence.

The OSCE called on Russia to immediately cancel the decision to recognize the "LPR" and "DPR". "The recognition will only incite further tension and separate the population of these regions from the rest of Ukraine," the statement said.

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