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The European Union on Tuesday sanctioned six Russian companies or entities involved in the construction of the Kerch Bridge, connecting Russia to Crimea, thus reinforcing the illegal annexation of the peninsula by Moscow, according to the report. AFP
. supported strengthening Russia's control over the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula, which in turn undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, "said the statement issued by the European Council
.The six companies or entities sanctioned are identified in the decision published in the EU Official Journal.Two are controlled by the businessman Arkadi Rotenberg, a close Kremlin , regarded as one of the artisans of the destabilization of Ukraine.
A total of 155 personalities, including President Vladimir Putin, and 44 Russian companies or entities on the blacklist of the United States. Their holdings in European banks have been frozen and they have a visa ban to travel to the EU
The European Union has put in place three sanction mechanisms after the annexation of Crimea in 2014: a ban on all s European investments in Crimea and Sevastopol renewed every six months, the last time at the European summit of 25 June 2018.
These economic sanctions affect Russian banks, companies of the Russian defense industry and the oil sector and forbids Europeans to make financial investments in Russia.
Moscow fought back by enacting an embargo on western food, extended in July until the end of 2019.
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