The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrel, explained the new sanctions list of Russians.
The European Union has published a new blacklist with personal sanctions against Russian journalists, officials and businessmen, as well as the generals of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Among those who fell under the sanctions were Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, businessman Alisher Usmanov, entrepreneur Peter Aven, billionaire Mikhail Fridman, Chairman of the Management Board and President of Transneft Nikolay Tokarev.
Of the well-known Russian journalists, Olga Skabeeva, the presenter of “60 Minutes”, is almost the first in the list, followed by RT TV channel employee Anton Krasovsky, writer Zakhar Prilepin, presenters Arkady Mamontov, Roman Babayan.
Also under personal sanctions were the owner of the private investment group Volga Group Gennady Timchenko, chairman of PJSC Promsvyazbank Peter Fradkov, cellist Alexander Roldugin.
There are 26 Russians in total on the list.
The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrel, is confident that personal sanctions of this kind will entail a serious economic effect.
Full sanctions list:
- Dmitry Peskov (Press Secretary of the President of Russia);
- Igor Sechin (businessman);
- Alisher Usmanov (businessman);
- Peter Aven (businessman);
- Mikhail Fridman (businessman);
- Gennady Timchenko (businessman);
- Alexey Mordashov (businessman);
- Sergey Roldugin (musician);
- Zakhar Prilepin (writer);
- Olga Skabeeva (journalist);
- Roman Babayan (journalist);
- Modest Koperov (journalist);
- Tigran Keosayan (director);
- Anton Krasovsky (journalist);
- Arkady Mamontov (journalist);
- Andrey Turchak (First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council);
- Dmitry Chernyshenko (Deputy Prime Minister);
- Irek Fayzullin (Minister of Construction);
- Peter Fradkov (head of Promsvyazbank);
- Alexander Ponomarenko (Director of Sheremetyevo);
- Vitaly Saveliev (Minister of Transport);
- Nikolay Tokarev (President of Transneft);
- Sergey Pinchuk (First Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet);
- Alexander Avdeev (Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District);
- Rustam Muradov (Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District);
- Andrey Sychevoy (Commander of the 8th Army of the Southern Military District);
As Topnews wrote earlier, actor Dmitry Pevtsov was included in the sanctions list.
The artist recorded a video, calling on the stars to be silent while Putin works.