Joe Biden is due to participate in several international summits in Brussels on Thursday, before traveling to Poland on Friday and Saturday.
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New sanctions against Russia. The United States will announce Thursday, March 24 “a set of sanctions which concern both political figures” and “oligarchs”, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Wednesday, on his way with Joe Biden to Europe. The American president must participate in several international summits in Brussels on Thursday, before going to Poland on Friday and Saturday.
Jake Sullivan also assured, during an exchange with the press on board Air Force One, that the G7 countries would launch a “initiative” to ensure that Russia cannot circumvent the sanctions already imposed on it following the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
The United States has already extended several times the list of Russian personalities whose assets it freezes, and to which it prohibits any financial or economic activity involving American individuals or companies, or even, in certain cases, entry into American territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin himself is already there.
But so far missing from this American list is the name of one of the most famous Russian oligarchs, the billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea football club, already targeted by sanctions from the European Union and the Kingdom. -United. According to a Wall Street Journal article published on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Joe Biden not to sanction the billionaire, arguing that Roman Abramovich could play a role in peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Russia.