12th package of EU sanctions targets Medvedev’s son, military-industrial complex
The 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes dozens of companies and individuals linked to Russian aggression against Ukraine, according to the Official Journal of the EU on Dec. 18.
The sanctions target several Russian
factories involved in military production, including the Perm Powder Factory,
Chelyabinsk Tractor Factory, 123rd Aviation Repair, Kazan aviation and
helicopter factories, Novosibirsk Aviation Plant, Specmash, Tupolev, and
others.
Notably, 28-year-old Ilya Medvedev,
son of the former Russian Prime Minister and President Dmitry Medvedev, has
been included in the list of targeted individual sanctions. Other specifically
targeted individuals include Boris Obnosov (CEO of the Tactical Missile Weapons
corporation), head of the General Staff of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor
Afzalov, and various members of the Russian Central Election Commission.
EU sanctions have also fallen on
Russian media outlets and their leadership, including Crimea Telecom and its
CEO Ivan Zima, Miranda Media, MirTelecom, Bison, Spas and Tsargrad TV channels,
among others.
This 12th package of sanctions was
coordinated with the U.S., said U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew
Miller on Dec. 18.
“We have coordinated with the EU on
those sanctions, as we have with the EU on sanctions since the outset of this
conflict,” Miller said.
Work is also ongoing to “hold
accountable those who try to evade our sanctions and impose new sanctions if we
do see the ones we have being eroded in any way,” he added.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the new sanctions further restrict Russia’s
economic capability.
“It's important that for the first
time there is a ban on Russian diamonds and diamonds,” said Zelenskyy.
“New measures against circumventing
sanctions and against the supply of dual-use goods and technologies to
Russia... There are new restrictions on imports from Russia. All this will
really help reduce the economic base of the war, and we will continue to work
with partners to ensure that the sanctions applied by Europe work globally.”
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