Sanctions against Russia to be imposed March 17 – Tusk

The European Union intends to impose sanctions on Russia starting the next week, March 17, according to the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the Ukrainian daily media Gazeta.ua wrote March 12.

“The sanctions against Russia will come into force starting Monday next week. This is a consequence of agreements made at the last meeting in Brussels,” the Polish prime minister said to the press.

Earlier French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said previously that the sanctions against Russia could start this week if Moscow does not respond to western proposals to solve the crisis in Ukraine, according to the Russian information agency Federal Press.

Fabius said the sanctions would involve freezing of personal assets and revoking of travel visas for Russian and Ukrainian officials in Europe.

Moscow, however, has denounced the new government in Ukraine as unacceptable and illegitimate, the media wrote.