Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva recommended the European Union (EU) to strengthen anti-Russian sanctions. He made this statement at a meeting with the EU’s special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmour on Thursday, October 21.
“Zhovkva called on the EU to apply the mechanism of human rights sanctions against representatives of the occupation administration involved in systemic violations of human rights,” the website Ukrainian leader.
In addition, during the meeting, the parties discussed further interaction.
On October 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the Europeans for the sanctions during the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club. According to him, the effect of countermeasures and import substitution was positive for the country.
On October 11, it became known that the European Union expanded the blacklist on the reunification of Crimea with Russia, including eight more people. Now it includes 185 individuals and 48 legal entities. This list was supplemented by persons employed in the judicial authorities of Crimea and Sevastopol.
On September 10, the EU Council extended until March 15, 2022, personal sanctions against some Russians who, in its opinion, are allegedly responsible for the threat to the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
In March 2014, the European Union, the United States and a number of other countries introduced sanctions against Russia. The reason was the situation after the coup in Ukraine. Kiev introduced the first sanctions against Moscow in April of the same year.
Crimea returned to Russia following the 2014 referendum. Kiev considers the peninsula to be its temporarily occupied territory. At the same time, Moscow has repeatedly stated that the issue of the subject’s ownership is closed forever.
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