Sanctions slapped on 19 individuals and nine organisations including popular singer Joseph Kobzon, Russian military leaders and Ukrainian separatistsThe EU has sent a tough message to President Vladimir Putin that it intends to keep up the pressure over Ukraine by slapping sanctions on three senior Russian military leaders, prominent Ukrainian separatists, and a popular singer known as Russia’s answer to Frank Sinatra. The sanctions, officially termed “restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine”, were imposed on 19 individuals and nine organisations on Monday, despite last week’s Minsk peace deal and …read more
Source: The Guardian
