The European Union adopted, on Friday 16 December, its ninth package of sanctions against Russia.
Member States have adopted restrictive measures against 141 individuals and 49 entities, for a total of 1,557 individuals and 171 entities.
Of these, 77 are related to the military and defence field - including the Russian armed forces, members of the Coordination Council, which was created to organise the troops, paramilitary groups and 23 defence-related companies.
59 are politicians: 12...