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The European Union is preparing to impose its “toughest sanctions” against Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to France’s top diplomat. Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Monday that E.U. sanctions would be introduced based on French proposals in coordination with U.S. congressmen.
The new restrictions will “directly deplete the resources that allow Vladimir Putin to wage his war” and will affect Russia's oil revenues as well as the interests of “financial players from Russia and other countries.”
“We want Vladimir Putin, at last, to agree to a ceasefire,” Barrot emphasized.
In the United States, lawmakers are expected to review legislation later this month that would impose new “crushing” sanctions against Russia. The bill would slap 500-percent tariffs on trade with any country that does business with Russia but refuses to help Ukraine. The European Union has adopted 17 sanctions packages against Russia since the beginning of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022.
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