According to the diplomat, the new restrictions are aimed at 200 oil tankers, which, according to the EU, are part of a Russian shadow fleet.

Kallas reported that the sanctions package also included measures to tackle hybrid threats and protect human rights, adding that new sanctions are already being drafted.

Last week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, called Kallas a bundler.

According to the Castellum.AI database, since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine to defend the people of Luhansk and Donetsk from the Kiev regime on February 24, 2022, some 21,700 individual and sectoral sanctions against Russia have already been activated.

Hundreds of companies have since announced the decision to suspend their business in and with Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains that the containment policy towards Russia is part of the West’s long-term strategy, and that the sanctions are a heavy blow to the world economy in general.

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