According to him, the foreign ministers of the EU countries discussed a new package of sanctions during the meeting.

“We expect its approval in the coming hours and days.

It will be adopted by February 24, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, EUobserver wrote that new EU sanctions could affect Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, head of Rossotrudnichestvo Evgeny Primakov and several other Russian officials.

Another 59 Russian officials may be on the EU blacklist.