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The Europeans are preparing to draw yet another round of sanctions against Russia

2022-09-22T18:21:44.642Z


DECRYPTION - This is the EU's eighth response since the start of the war in Ukraine. Additional economic sanctions are under consideration.


From our correspondent in Brussels

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In the face of Vladimir Putin's new headlong rush - the mobilization of some 300,000 Russian reservists, the threat of recourse to weapons of mass destruction and support for referendums on the "

right to self-determination

" of the inhabitants of the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia - the EU's response will be yet another round of sanctions against Russia.

The eighth since the start of the war in Ukraine or, if we put aside the series of measures intended to reinforce older sanctions, “

the sixth ter

” according to the piquant formula of certain members of the European media in Brussels.

"

Don't expect the moon!"

We have already cut off practically the entire Russian economy from that of the Union

warns an EU source straight away.

Sanctions against Russian supporters

From New York, where she participated in the United Nations General Assembly, Ursula von der Leyen has, in any case, sharpened curiosity on the subject.

"

We are ready to impose...

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Source: lefigaro

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