“The EU plans to propose a new package of sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine in the coming weeks,” RIA Novosti quoted the statement.
The head of the National Rally faction in the French parliament, Marine Le Pen, earlier on the air of BFMTV called the EU anti-Russian sanctions ineffective.
According to the politician, it is the restrictions directed against Moscow that are the main cause of inflation in France.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the preparation of a legal framework for the transfer of frozen assets to Russia for the "needs of restoring Ukraine."
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that any attempt by Western countries to use Russia's frozen reserves would be considered outright theft of these funds.