EU Sanctions Russia’s Prosecutor General and Dozens of Others
The package adds 34 individuals and 47 organizations, including officials, propaganda figures and firms tied to Navalny’s persecution and Russia’s war effort.
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European Union foreign ministers approved another round of sanctions on Monday against individuals and companies supporting Russian aggression against Ukraine. Thirty-four individuals and 47 legal entities have been blacklisted by the EU. The restrictions apply to companies from China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Liberia, and Azerbaijan. Individuals targeted by the sanctions are banned from entering the European Union and their assets have…
EU Sanctions Russia’s Prosecutor General and Dozens of Others
The European Union on Monday sanctioned Russia’s Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan along with dozens of other individuals and entities accused of supporting the war against Ukraine or being involved in the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in 2024. Besides Gutsan, the latest sanctions package targets Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, Russian Supreme Court Justice Oleg Nefedov and several FSB security service officers allegedly involved in Navalny’s persecution, poisoning and death.
EU foreign ministers adopted new sanctions on Monday against 34 Russian individuals and 47 organizations and/or companies. Among them are fifteen individuals and one company that played a role in the persecution, poisoning, and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The Tihon Mitropolitan (Shevkunova), known as Putin's "spirator", has been placed on the sanctions list for "an active role in spreading Russian propaganda and disinformation aimed at justifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine".
On 15 June, the European Union added more than 80 individuals and entities associated with Russia to the sanctions lists, informed the Council of the European Union that a separate block of restrictions had affected the poisoning of Alexey Naval in 2020; for example, sanctions had been imposed on the Attorney General, Alexander Guzan (in photo), which stated in the EU decision that he was responsible for recognizing the BCF* as a "terrorist orga…
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