EUobserver: about 150 Russian citizens may fall under new EU sanctions

The ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions may affect 144 people, including TV presenters Boris Korchevnikov and Marina Kim, singer Grigory Leps, blogger Dmitry Puchkov and director Nikita Mikhalkov, writes EUobserver portal.

Restrictions may also apply to four family members of businessman Yuri Kovalchuk, as well as dozens of officials, deputies, senators, military and governors.

The sanctions being discussed in the EU also include a ban on the broadcasting of NTV / NTV-Mir, Rossiya-1 and REN TV channels, as well as a freeze of assets in the EU of VGTRK media holdings and the National Media Group. The ninth package will also include a restriction on the sale of dual-use technologies to 169 Russian companies and a freeze on the assets of the Moscow Credit Bank and the Far East Bank.

The ninth package of sanctions was announced December 7 by the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen. She then said that 200 individuals and legal entities from Russia would fall under the restrictions. We are talking about the Russian military, defense industry enterprises, State Duma deputies and senators, ministers, governors and political parties. In addition, three more Russian banks will be included in the sanctions list, and broadcasting of four more Russian TV channels will be banned.

The EC also proposed introducing new export restrictions, in particular for dual-use goods such as electronics and IT components. As part of the ninth round of sanctions, the EU intends to ban the export of motors for drones and drones to Russia and any third countries that can then transfer them to the Russian Federation. Von der Leyen also announced new measures against the Russian energy and mining sectors.