London Reported on the Possible Introduction of New EU Sanctions against the Russian Federation on 15 October

New EU sanctions are associated with the use of chemical weapons in British Salisbury and in Syria, said the British Foreign Office. The EU Council will approve a plan for new sanctions against Russia in connection with the alleged use of chemical weapons, said on Sunday, October 14, the press release of the British Foreign Office. The document can be signed at a meeting with foreign ministers in the EU countries on October 15 in Luxembourg, said the British Foreign Office. It is expected, among other things, to restrict access to the EU and freeze European accounts for the leaders of the Russian intelligence service and their closest employees, says the document. According to these data, the new sanctions in Britain and France suggested chemical attacks in Syria and poisoning of ex-GRU agent Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. The British newspaper The Telegraph on October 14 reported that the sanctions will be directed against “top Russian politicians”, as well as the leadership of the Russian intelligence service and their employees responsible for the alleged chemical attack. These individuals will be banned from entering the EU, their accounts will be blocked, writes the newspaper. Hunting will thank eight colleagues from the EU These new sanctions can affect not only the Russian Federation. “It's not just about Russia and Salisbury, sanctions will be directed against the use of chemical weapons all over the world”, said a spokesman of the British Foreign Office. Britain's Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt will meet with the colleagues from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania in his countryside residence Chivning House. At the meeting he will thank them for their support in efforts to end the use of chemical weapons around the world. Hunt stressed that for many years there was a taboo about the use of chemical weapons in the world, but after the events in Syria and Salisbury, this ban was threatened. He asked for the red line to be repeated, which will show an extremely high price for anyone using “this awful weapon”. Source: DW