Go to media bankFlags with EU symbols near the building of the European Commission in Brussels. File photoBRUSSELS, Sep 28The European Commission, as part of a new package of sanctions against Russia, proposes to ban citizens of the EU countries from holding senior positions in Russian state-owned companies, said the head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen. Zaporizhia Oblast. «We also propose to ban certain services from Russia, to ban EU citizens from holding positions in the governing bodies of Russian state-owned companies,» von der Leyen said in a press statement. Von der Leyen added that «Russia should not benefit from knowledge and experience of the European Union. The proposals of the European Commission on new sanctions will now be discussed at the level of permanent representatives of the EU countries. If sanctions are agreed by the Permanent Representatives, the new package will be officially approved at the ministerial level, after which the sanctions will be published in the Official Journal of the EU, and they will come into force. The adoption of EU sanctions is possible only by unanimous decision, any of the 27 EU countries can block it at the stage of agreement.
EU sanctions will deprive Russia of seven billion euros of income, said the head of the ECR Previously, a number of politicians in Europe criticized the EU sanctions policy against Russia, calling it ineffective and damaging the economy of the European states themselves, which, in turn, leads to a decrease in living standards and an increase in social Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday that all of Europe is waiting for an answer from Brussels on how long the sanctions will last, and called for negotiations on this topic with the United States «before it's too late.» Earlier, he said that Hungary was the first in Europe to launch national consultations to find out the opinion of citizens on EU sanctions against the Russian Federation. The West increased sanctions pressure on Russia because of Ukraine, which led to an increase in prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the United States . Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that Russia will solve all the problems that the West creates for it.
