7 hours agoEuropean Union expands sanctions against Russians
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The European Union has expanded sanctions against Russian companies and some people, including Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov, due to the delivery of several turbines -- Siemens from Russia to the Crime Peninsula, which Russia has annexed from Ukraine. European diplomats have said Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov and the head of the department [...]
European diplomats have said that Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov, and ministry department leader Yevgeny Grabchak, have been added to the list of sanctioned “actions that violate Ukraine's territory, sovereignty and independence”.
The European Council has said that sanctioned persons are barred from travel to EU countries, and the assets they have in European territory companies are blocked.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has dubbed the decision to expand the shares as step “unwarranted”, which has made room for taking revenge measures.
The crime has been the focus of European sanctions on energy technology since Russian forces took control of the region since March 2014.
With the latest ruling, the list of sanctions amounts to the number of 153 sanctioned persons.
The sanctions began in March 2014.
Siemens has said that turbines have been sent to the Crimea <x06; and“without our will”, with which the company has interrupted several agreements with Russia.
