BERLIN --
The European Union has ready a "strong and complete" bundle of sanctions to unleash on Russia if it continues its aggression in direction of Ukraine, EU Fee President Ursula von der Leyen advised the Handeslblatt and Les Echos newspapers.
Russia, which seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and backs separatists within the east of the nation, has amassed some 100,000 troops close to the Ukrainian border and is demanding safety ensures together with a promise NATO won't ever admit Kyiv.
"Now we have ready a sturdy and complete bundle of economic and financial sanctions," von der Leyen advised the papers, including that these included "capping entry to international capital" and "export controls, particularly on technical items."
The controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline was additionally a part of the sanctions bundle. Whether or not the pipeline can go into operation relies upon "on Russia's behaviour," von der Leyen mentioned.
"Folks near (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and oligarchs may after all be hit sensitively," she added.
Russia has formulated a number of choices as an excuse to invade Ukraine, together with the potential use of a propaganda video displaying a staged assault, the US mentioned on Thursday, because the Kremlin condemned American troop deployments within the area.
The Kremlin accused Washington on Thursday of ignoring its calls to ease the standoff, a day after the US introduced it will ship practically 3,000 additional troops to Poland and Romania.
(Writing by Paul Carrel; enhancing by Michael Perry)
European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 on the European Parliament in Strasbourg, japanese France. (Ronald Wittek, Pool Photograph through AP)
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