Top EU Diplomat Seeks Increase in Sanctioned Russian Entities
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is pushing for the bloc’s most sweeping sanctions listings against Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The proposed measures could increase the number of sanctioned Russian individuals and entities by one-third.
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas has called for a significant increase in the number of Russian entities sanctioned in response to the ongoing Ukraine war, according to German newspaper Die Welt. Kallas, who is set to propose the most extensive sanctions listings since the start of the war this autumn, aims to boost the current total of sanctioned Russian entities by a third.
This surge would amount to an additional sanctions listing against approximately 1,000 entities, according to Kallas. The EU has adopted 21 rounds of sanctions against Russia since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with these measures reportedly having deprived Russia's war machine of over €1 trillion. Kallas' proposal comes weeks after the EU adopted a watered-down sanctions package after extensive negotiations, some of which were opposed by member states due to concerns over the severity of the measures. Currently, the EU sanctions target 3,000 individuals and entities.
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