Seven states have joined the EU sanctions against Russia

Seven European countries have joined the EU's anti-Russian sanctions. This is stated on the website of the European Council.

"Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine joins this decision of the Council," the report says.

We are talking about the sanctions of July 15 against five individuals.

A new package of anti-Russian sanctions was announced on August 17 by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. It will be adopted in early September. The head of the EC also confirmed her intention to continue "putting pressure on the Russian military economy."

Prior to that, the head of diplomacy also reported on the development of restrictive measures EU Kaya Callas.

The previous, 18th package of sanctions The EU adopted on July 18. The Nord Stream gas pipelines and 105 tankers of the shadow fleet fell under restrictions. The sanctions also affected the Rosneft oil refinery in India.

In addition, restrictions affected 14 individuals and 41 legal entities. The EU also lowered the ceiling on Russian oil prices from $ 60 (effective from 2022) to $ 47.6 per barrel and imposed a ban on the import of petroleum products made from Russian crude oil.

Moscow has repeatedly called Western sanctions against Russia illegal.