US, Canada, EU impose additional sanctions on russia in response to aggression in Ukraine
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The United States, in coordination with Canada and the European Union, has slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen russian officials and businesses, citing moscow’s “continued aggression in Ukraine”, writes aljazeera.com.
Six russian officials, six defence firms and two energy and construction firms were targeted, either over the seizure of Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait, or for their activities in russian-annexed Crimea or separatist eastern Ukraine, the US Treasury said in a statement on Friday.
“The United States and our transatlantic partners will not allow russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine to go unchecked,” said Steve Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary. “This joint initiative with our partners in the European Union and Canada reinforces our shared commitment to impose targeted and meaningful sanctions in response to the kremlin’s attempts to disregard international norms and undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he added.
The US sanctions freeze all property and interests in property belonging to the designated individuals and entities, and prohibits US persons from transacting with them. Four of the individuals are border guard or coastguard officials, singled out for their role in a November 25, 2018, naval confrontation, in which russian ships fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels in the narrow Kerch Strait linking the Black and Azov seas near Crimea.
Canada imposed sanctions on 114 people and 15 entities in response to russia’s military action against the Ukrainian ships, while the EU sanctioned eight more russians over the standoff.
The decision takes the number of people blacklisted by the bloc over the crisis in Ukraine to 170 persons and 44 entities. The EU said its sanctions affected senior security service officials and military commanders accused of preventing Ukrainian ships from reaching port.
As reported, EU confirmed that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project was threatening its internal market.
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