The European Union Drafts a Set of Sanctions Against Russia
BRUSSELS European Union ambassadors were preparing on Tuesday to adopt an immediate set of sanctions in response to Russias recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine, according to two E.U. diplomats with knowledge of the talks in Brussels.
The sanctions, which will target people, government and business entities in the separatist regions and in Russia, were set to be further reviewed at an informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Paris later Tuesday. The ambassadors were then set to approve the package on Tuesday evening, the diplomats said, although they said that meeting could run into the early hours Wednesday.
The diplomats said the draft included 27 individuals and entities, including political, military, business and financial entities, as well as propagandists linked to the recognition decision.
Some are geographically inside the separatist areas, the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples Republics, diplomats said. But the draft also includes the 11 members of Russias Parliament who proposed the recognition and 351 members who voted in favor of it, the diplomats said.
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