Norway joins the latest package of sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia

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Oct. 28 () –

The Norwegian authorities have imposed this Friday sanctions against thirty people and seven organizations linked to Russia within the framework of a new package of measures that places the country at the level of the European Union in terms of sanctions against Moscow as a result of the invasion from Ukraine.

“Another 30 people and seven entities have been added to the list of natural and legal persons, as well as entities and bodies, subject to restrictive measures for participating in referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine,” the government said in a statement.

The authorities have clarified that the list now includes 1,260 people and 115 entities linked to Russia. Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt has pointed out that these sanctions “are necessary in the face of the brutal war and the illegal annexation of the regions of Ukraine.”

In this sense, he has transferred Norway’s support to the European Union in relation to these sanctions with the aim of “maintaining pressure on the Russian Government and its supporters”, according to the newspaper ‘E24’.

Huitfeldt, who has indicated that the sanctions come into force this Friday, has asserted that “the imposition of these measures, which are a clear example of the European reaction to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, is becoming more and more understandable.” “The opportunities to carry out commercial transactions with Russia have now been severely limited and pose a risk,” she defended.