The Commission’s proposal has to receive the approval of the states before it can enter into force after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed this Sunday to ban the landing, takeoff or passage of any Russian plane in the airspace of the European Union and the broadcasts of Russia Today and Sputnik in community territory, as well as new sanctions on Belarus for its collaboration in the invasion of Ukraine.
These measures are added to the paralysis of transactions by the Central Bank of Russia and the exclusion of several Russian banks from SWIFT announced yesterday, as well as European financing for the purchase and delivery of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.
The Commission proposal has to receive the approval of the Council (the countries) before it can enter into force after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU.
In a statement to the media, von der Leyen explained that the airspace restrictions will apply to Russian-owned, Russian-registered or Russian-controlled aircraft, that is, owned, chartered or otherwise controlled by a person. Russian legal or physical
RussiaToday and Sputnik
The second measure, with the ban on the broadcasts of Russia Today and Sputnik in the European Union, is aimed at curbing “the Kremlin’s media machinery” and will allow, Von der Leyen said, that state media and their subsidiaries cannot ” spread their lies to justify Putin’s war and to sow division in our Union”.
The European Union will also sanction Belarus for collaborating with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine by restricting exports of its mineral fuels to tobacco, wood, cement, iron and steel, as well as dual-use goods that can be used for military purposes.
Source: Eitb
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