The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday 7 December unveiled the 9th package of sanctions aimed at further increasing the pressure on Russia for its military aggression in Ukraine. “We will make Russia pay for its cruelty”, she said via Twitter.
The EU institution is proposing to add “almost 200 individuals and entities” to the EU list of persons and entities subject to a ban on entry and freezing of their assets held in the EU, she said. This...