«No more shopping in Milan, party in Saint Tropez, diamonds in Antwerp. This is the first step”. This is the summary, written in a tweet by EU High Representative Josep Borrell after the sanctions decided in response to Russia’s recognition of the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
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The tweet was part of a series of 4, then reduced to 3, which began with this: “Today we unanimously agreed to respond robustly to Russia’s illegal actions against Ukraine. The EU sanctions package will hit 351 members of the Russian Duma who voted for the recognition of the so-called Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics ”.
Ministers, army leaders and Putin’s chief of staff: here is the list of Russians sanctioned by the European Union
