Brussels, December 14, : .The European Union has placed sanctions on the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner.
This was in response to concerns about the Russian military buildup near the Eastern Ukraine border.Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said that the sanctions would apply to Wagner Group itself and three other companies linked to it, as well as eight people.
According to Xinhua, the EU will place an asset freeze on the listed entities and ban travel to those countries.
It will be forbidden for them to make funds directly available or indirectly to the listed.
Borrell reiterated that the EU “stands united to support Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity” at Monday’s press conference.He warned that Russia could use economic sanctions against Ukraine if it invades, highlighting that this would have a high economic cost.
The latest measure was announced after the G7 Foreign Ministers athered in Liverpool from December 10 to 12.
During a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed concerns over the alleged large-scale movement of Russian troops along the Ukrainian borders, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Putin gave Johnson specific examples of how authorities in Kiev undermined the implementation of the Minsk agreements, “which are an uncontested basis for resolving the internal crisis in Ukraine”.
Putin underlined the need to immediately begin negotiations on clear and internationally legal agreements against the NATO’s further eastward expansion and against the deployment of weapons in Russia’s neighbours, primarily Ukraine.
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