MOSCOW, March 21 – RIA Novosti. According to the newspaper’s report, some EU countries have called to start preparing the 11th package of sanctions against Russia and to include new faces and state company Rosatom. EU observer.

According to the broadcast, this call was specifically voiced by the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Urmas Reinsalu. He also stated that businessmen should be included in the list of sanctioned persons. His Finnish colleague, Pekka Haavisto, suggested extending the sanctions to “relatives of Russian VIPs”.

In Lithuania, they said the new restrictions should affect Rosatom. According to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, sanctions against the company may affect board members and new contracts.

In connection with Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the West increased its sanctions against Russia, many European companies withdrew from the Russian market. Since February last year, the European Union has implemented a package of ten sanctions against Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for the West, and that the sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main purpose of the West is to make the lives of millions of people worse.

The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that the country will cope with the pressure of sanctions that the West began to impose on Russia a few years ago and continues to increase. Moscow noted that the West did not have the courage to accept the failure of sanctions against the Russian Federation. In Western countries, opinions have repeatedly been heard that the anti-Russian sanctions are ineffective.