EU AND UK PILE MORE SANCTIONS ONTO RUSSIA AND BELARUS AS INVASION DEATHS MOUNT
March 24th, 2022
The Russian government, business and wealthy oligarchs have been hit by more European Union (EU) and UK sanctions as their military continues to invade Ukraine - the UN confirming 474 civilian deaths by today (March 10) and Ukraine’s government saying more than 10,000 Russian troops have been killed.
Prompted by this continuing carnage, the EU has imposed almost daily sanctions this month (March) (1), with the EU Council of Ministers freezing EU assets and imposing travel bans on 14 Russian oligarchs and senior entrepreneurs “in key economic sectors” ...
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