BRUSSELS, February 20. /TASS/. The European Union (EU) will blacklist 59 people and 28 organizations, including three banks: Alfa Bank, Tinkoff and Rosbank, as part of the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, the Brussels based portal EUobserver reported on Monday referring to an exclusive source. According to the portal the new black list includes Russia s National Wealth Fund, three banks (Alfa Bank, Rosbank, and Tinkoff bank), two media holding firms (Patriot Media Group and Rossiya Segodnya), and two insurance companies (Ingosstrakh Insurance Company and RNRC). It also names the All Russia People s Front itself and several arms manufacturers, as well as a London based firm, Pawell Shipping, responsible for illegal transportation of stolen Ukrainian grain, the portal reports. The portal also claims that the EU intends to block the broadcasting of the Arab services of RT and Sputnik on its territory. The black list is to include the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region Vyacheslav Duhin and the Minister of Labour, Family and Social Protection of Bashkiria Lenara Ivanova for helping to organize evacuation of Ukrainian children from the liberated territories within the zone of the special military operation and the other 59 individuals, the portal reports. Brussels calls the evacuation of children from the war zone the organization of mass abductions of Ukrainian children, the portal notes. Also, the anniversary block of sanctions, which is to be officially announced on February 24, will include a number of high ranking military officers and the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov. The portal notes that the 10th package of sanctions will be accompanied by evidence packages designed to stand up to a legal challenge in the European Court of Justice, making those named more likely to end up in any post war tribunals. The source also acknowledges that these figures are subject to change as a number of Eastern European countries are still trying to secure sanctions against Rosatom and its CEO Alexey Likhachev. The discussion about this is now continuing at the EU Council meeting in Brussels at the level of foreign ministers. According to the EU Foreign Service, 1,386 individuals and 171 companies have already been included in the sanctions list for Russia.

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BRUSSELS, February 20. /TASS/. The European Union (EU) will blacklist 59 people and 28 organizations, including three banks: Alfa Bank, Tinkoff and Rosbank, as part of the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, the Brussels based portal EUobserver reported on Monday referring to an exclusive source. According to the portal the new black list includes Russia s National Wealth Fund, three banks (Alfa Bank, Rosbank, and Tinkoff bank), two media holding firms (Patriot Media Group and Rossiya Segodnya), and two insurance companies (Ingosstrakh Insurance Company and RNRC). It also names the All Russia People s Front itself and several arms manufacturers, as well as a London based firm, Pawell Shipping, responsible for illegal transportation of stolen Ukrainian grain, the portal reports. The portal also claims that the EU intends to block the broadcasting of the Arab services of RT and Sputnik on its territory. The black list is to include the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region Vyacheslav Duhin and the Minister of Labour, Family and Social Protection of Bashkiria Lenara Ivanova for helping to organize evacuation of Ukrainian children from the liberated territories within the zone of the special military operation and the other 59 individuals, the portal reports. Brussels calls the evacuation of children from the war zone the organization of mass abductions of Ukrainian children, the portal notes. Also, the anniversary block of sanctions, which is to be officially announced on February 24, will include a number of high ranking military officers and the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov. The portal notes that the 10th package of sanctions will be accompanied by evidence packages designed to stand up to a legal challenge in the European Court of Justice, making those named more likely to end up in any post war tribunals. The source also acknowledges that these figures are subject to change as a number of Eastern European countries are still trying to secure sanctions against Rosatom and its CEO Alexey Likhachev. The discussion about this is now continuing at the EU Council meeting in Brussels at the level of foreign ministers. According to the EU Foreign Service, 1,386 individuals and 171 companies have already been included in the sanctions list for Russia.