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AlwaysFree: EU Sanctions Major Russian Banks, Rosatom, In 10th Sanctions Package

Author: SSESSMENTS

According to The New Voice of Ukraine article published on February 26, 2023:

The list includes the following entities and individuals:

  • Alfa Bank, Rosbank and Tinkoff Bank;
  • a number of Rosatom (Russian nuclear operator) enterprises;
  • Rosatomflot (the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers);
  • Organs of the Russian Ministry of Defense;
  • The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service;
  • The Patriot media group;
  • The Russia Today media group;
  • The Sputnik news agency;
  • Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova;
  • Yevgeny Primakov, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, the agency responsible for organizing astroturfed pro-Russian rallies, as well as for recruiting pro-Russian agents;
  • Vyacheslav Dukhin, an official in the Moscow City Council and a strong public supporter of the war;
  • Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights and propagandist Valery Fadeev;
  • Vyacheslav Boguslaev, the former head of Motor Sich and a Ukrainian oligarch charged with high treason

A number of top managers of Russian propagandist media were affected, as well as four Iranians, including the director of Iranian state-owned aerospace Qods Aviation Industry Company.

The 10th package of EU sanction was announced on Feb. 25 to mark the first anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the international community to step up pressure on the aggressor country in response to a rumored watered-down package of sanction the EU, in order to present a united front against the Russian armed aggression. Both the U.S. and the U.K. also announced new sanctions meant to restrict Russia’s ability to continue its armed conflict against Ukraine.

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Published on February 27, 2023 5:40 PM (GMT+8)
Last Updated on February 27, 2023 5:40 PM (GMT+8)