The EU will impose sanctions on more Russian oligarchs and Belarusian banks, and is also going to ban the export of maritime technology to Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters, citing sources.
The European Commission has prepared a new package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine that targets new Russian oligarchs and politicians and three Belarusian banks, three sources told the publication on Tuesday.
The sanctions, which will be discussed by EU ambassadors on Tuesday, are said to "ban three Belarusian banks from accessing the SWIFT banking system and add several oligarchs and Russian lawmakers to the EU blacklist, which already includes many."
"The new sanctions package also bans exports of maritime technology from the EU to Russia and provides guidance on monitoring cryptocurrencies to avoid using them to circumvent EU sanctions," the publication reported, citing sources.
Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, reported on March 7 that the European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia, some of which may be imposed as early as Tuesday, March 8.
