After the global sanctions, comes the tailor-made.
Vladimir Putin and his head of diplomacy Sergei Lavrov saw their names added to the blacklist of several Western countries on Friday evening, following the invasion of Ukraine.
London has thus frozen their assets in the United Kingdom, and the European Union has announced that it has taken similar measures.
“It's an important step.
The only leaders in the world sanctioned by the EU are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, and therefore now Putin for Russia,” Josep Borrell told a press conference.
The sanctions against Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov are “the same” as those provided for the other personalities mentioned on this European blacklist, including “the freezing of assets”, explained Josep Borrell.
All members of the Duma, the lower house of parliament, are now on the EU list, along with 26 business figures.
Sanctioned individuals are also prohibited from entering European territory.
Banned from entering the United States
The Russian president was also directly concerned by the third salvo of sanctions imposed on Russia by Canada, while Australia is preparing to personally sanction Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov.
The United States will also prohibit them from entering American territory, an extremely rare decision against foreign leaders.
"It's a usual element" of sanctions against foreign figures, noted White House spokesman Jen Psaki, while assuring that the details of these historic sanctions against the Russian president would be revealed later.
The two men join a list of leaders directly sanctioned by the United States, including Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. .
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