Ambassadors of European Union member states agreed on Monday in Brussels to extend sanctions against Russian and Belarusian citizens and companies for another three years. At the same time, they decided to remove Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the sanctions list. teraz.sk ↗
Until now, sanctions have generally been extended for six months at a time. The three-year extension is part of a compromise agreement that will allow the restrictive measures adopted in connection with Russia's war against Ukraine to continue. ta3.com ↗
The removal of Usmanov and Fridman was supported by France, Slovakia and Luxembourg. Poland and the Baltic states opposed the concessions during the negotiations. According to information from the talks, the dispute over the businessmen's names complicated the agreement on the overall extension of sanctions. SITA ↗
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the removal of the businessmen from the sanctions list unacceptable and urged the European Union to act more strictly toward Russia. Kyiv has long called for maintaining pressure on Russian officials and businessmen over the ongoing war against Ukraine. teraz.sk ↗
The ambassadors' decision represents a compromise between extending the sanctions and removing two Russian billionaires from the list. The agreement will mean that the sanctions regime against the other affected individuals and companies will remain in force for the next three years. zurnal.pravda.sk ↗
EU to extend sanctions against Russia, will remove Usmanov and Fridman
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Sybiha: Vyradenie podnikateľov zo sankčného zoznamu EÚ je neprijateľné
teraz.sk
| 16:44 21.09.
Štáty EÚ súhlasili s trojročným predĺžením protiruských sankcií
teraz.sk
| 16:20 21.09.
Štáty EÚ predĺžia protiruské sankcie: Zásadné zmeny v zozname! Ako s tým súvisí Slovensko?
Nový Čas
| 14:21 21.09.
Spor o ruských oligarchov blokuje predĺženie sankcií EÚ, Kyjev žiada pritvrdiť
SITA
| 17:51 21.09.
Státy EU se shodly na prodloužení sankcí proti Rusům, dvě jména zmizela
seznamzpravy.cz
| 16:37 21.09.
EÚ chce predĺžiť sankcie voči Rusom, no Usmanova a Fridmana zo zoznamu vyradí
aktuality.sk
| 16:13 21.09.
Štáty EÚ sa dohodli na predĺžení sankcií voči Rusku za vojnu proti Ukrajine až o 36 mesiacov.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 16:45 21.09.
Štáty EÚ sa zhodli na predĺžení sankcií proti Rusom. Zo zoznamu zmizli dvaja oligarchovia
zurnal.pravda.sk
| 16:06 21.09.
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