EU decides to sanction Russia's Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov

“Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov are on the list of sanctioned people together with the remaining members of the Duma who are supporting this aggression, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. “Let me flag that the only leaders in the world that are sanctioned by the European Union are Assad from Syria, Lukashenko from Belarus and now Putin from Russia.”

“We will also target those in Belarus who collaborate with the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. And we will not stop there,” he added.

Borrell also underlined that a third round of sanctions against Russia was not imminent, but could be instated if necessary. (ILKHA)