EU: Russian Patriarch Kirill in the spotlight of new sanctions

The European Commission has proposed the freezing of the assets of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a diplomat said today.

The patriarch has been included in the draft blacklist, which includes hundreds of army officers and businessmen close to the Kremlin and whom the European Union accuses of being supporters of the war in Ukraine.

Sanctions, which would freeze assets and ban travel, would have to have the support of EU member states for approval.

EU diplomats are expected to meet later this week to discuss sanctions, part of a wider package of sanctions proposed by the European Commission earlier today, which include an embargo on oil imports and restrictions on Russian banks.

The first meeting of EU envoys ended today without reaching an agreement, mainly because some countries were critical of the oil import embargo and other oil-related measures, such as the ban on shipping services in the European Union. with russian oil.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Orthodox Church criticized Pope Francis for his erroneous style in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera yesterday, in which he told Patriarch Cyril not to become the Kremlin’s “grandfather”, as the Kremlin said. Moscow Patriarchate.

Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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