Media reported on the date of entry into force of the EU sanctions against Russia – RBC

Media reported on the date of entry into force of the EU sanctions against Russia – RBC

The fact that the sanctions against Russia will come into effect from February 16, according to the Brussels edition of the EU Observer, citing an unnamed high-ranking source in the EU. Sanctions suggest expanding the list of individuals and companies whose accounts abroad will be arrested. The list will include 19 men and nine companies.

For information on the expansion of the list of persons who have fallen under the financial and visa sanctions, Reuters confirmed sources in diplomatic circles of the EU. The agency said that on Monday will be announced, who exactly was in the new sanctions list. Of the 19 names in it only five citizens of Russia, and the rest – the citizens of Ukraine.

The expansion of the EU sanctions agreed at the end of January. Then it was decided to extend the existing sanctions for six months, and the EU foreign ministers agreed to prepare a possible new measures against Russia.

February 9 EU foreign ministers approved new sanctions. The head of the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that the decision of the EU on the entry into force of the impact of sanctions that will take place whether scheduled for February 11 in Minsk meeting in Norman format and what the results will lead the negotiations.

The initiator of the introduction of new package of sanctions measures became head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini. This was a response to rocket fire Mariupol January 24, which killed 30 civilians.

As previously reported by the source Reuters, senior officials in the new EU sanctions list no.

About Will cancel the effect of sanctions in relation to Russia in connection with the achievement of agreements at the talks in Minsk, February 12, told US Secretary of State John Kerry. According to him, to talk about the abolition of US sanctions against Moscow will be possible only after the implementation of the agreements on the Donets Basin. Implementation of agreements in Minsk, according to Kerry, includes complete cease-fire, the withdrawal of all foreign troops and weapons from Ukraine, Ukrainian full restoration of control over international borders and the release of all the hostages.

10-12 February in Minsk held talks the contact group on the settlement of the Ukraine, as well as meeting in Norman format between Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande (summit talks lasted about 16 hours). The talks resulted in the signing of a document entitled “The package of measures to implement the Minsk Agreement.” Document was signed by the head of the LC and the DNI Igor Carpenter and Alexander Zakharchenko, ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, the OSCE Representative Heidi Tagliavini and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov. The heads of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany issued a declaration in support of this document. “The package of measures” implies a cease-fire in the Donbas from 15 February, the establishment of a buffer zone between the conflicting parties, to ensure monitoring of compliance with the ceasefire amnesty to all combatants. Ukraine will restore full control of the border wit h Russia after the local elections in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and execution point of constitutional reform, a key element of which is decentralization and receiving DNR and LC special status. The reform should be carried out before the end of 2015.