Ban on imports of coal, wood and vodka: Europe’s new sanctions against Russia – Economy

With the atrocities in the Kiev suburb of Bucha, the war in Ukraine has reached a new negative climax. The mass murder of several hundred people is attributed to Russia, which is why the EU proposed new sanctions on Wednesday. “What Vladimir Putin calls liberation, we call war crimes,” said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the preamble to the speech. The fifth package of sanctions includes, among other things, an import ban on coal from Russia. And the United States followed suit: Among other things, sanctions are planned once morest President Putin’s children.