The EU is going to impose sanctions on Russia for hybrid attacks

The EU and NATO accuse Moscow of being behind several incidents aimed at destabilizing the West.

The authorities of several EU countries, including Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, report that in recent months they have uncovered conspiracies or incidents organized by Moscow, including arson attacks.

Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states meeting in Brussels approved the creation of a new legal framework to impose visa bans and asset freezes on those responsible for these attacks.

After the text is officially signed next week, the EU will be able to blacklist the names of specific Russian agents or entities, diplomats said.

The EU has already imposed 14 unprecedented rounds of sanctions on Russia since the start of the attack, which are aimed at hindering the Kremlin’s war machine.

In an effort to curb Moscow’s abuses, several EU countries, led by Prague, have sought to introduce measures to prevent Russian diplomats from moving freely across the bloc.

So far, such a move has not won universal support, and Hungary, the bloc’s friendliest country to Moscow, recently alarmed its EU counterparts by easing visa rules for Russians.