BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is amongst 26 distinguished folks sanctioned by the European Union for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in line with the choice revealed on Monday on the EU’s official journal.
The listings embody oligarchs and businessmen energetic within the oil, banking and finance sectors, in addition to authorities members, high-level army folks, and “propagandists who contributed to unfold anti-Ukrainian propaganda,” the EU mentioned in a press release.
Among the listed individuals are Igor Sechin, the boss of Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft, and the chief govt of vitality big Transneft, Nikolay Tokarev.
Oligarchs Alisher Usmanov, Petr Aven and Alexander Ponomarenko and the banker Mikhail Fridman are additionally included within the sanction checklist.
The checklist contains Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, different members of the Russian authorities and high journalists.
The restrictive measures embody journey bans, an asset freeze and a prohibition from making funds obtainable to the listed people.
This spherical of sanctions hit additionally the Gas Industry Insurance Company SOGAZ.
(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis)
