Kaja Kallas proposes major expansion of EU sanctions against Russia | Orthodox Times (en)

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is preparing to propose a significant expansion of sanctions against Russian entities over the war in Ukraine, according to remarks published by the German newspaper Die Welt.

Kallas said the measures she intends to propose this autumn would constitute the European Union’s most ambitious sanctions list since the beginning of the war.

“For this autumn, I am proposing the most ambitious sanctions list since the start of the war. Once adopted, these measures will immediately increase the total number of sanctioned Russian entities by one third,” the 49-year-old former Estonian prime minister told Die Welt.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission also argued that the sanctions imposed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 have already inflicted substantial economic costs on Moscow.

According to Kallas, EU sanctions have deprived Russia’s “war machine” of more than €1 trillion since the invasion began.

Since the outbreak of the war, the European Union has adopted 21 packages of sanctions against Russia. According to the European Commission, the EU sanctions list currently includes almost 3,000 individuals and entities.

Source: ANA-MPA, translated by: Konstantinos Menyktas