EU Halves The Size Of Russia's Diplomatic Mission In Brussels

And announced a travel ban on participants in the war against Ukraine.

The European Union will limit the size of the Russian diplomatic mission in Brussels by half, to 40 people, and intends to ban all participants in the war against Ukraine from entering the association's countries, European diplomacy chief Kaia Kallas announced. "We will not tolerate the abuse of diplomatic power. And together with the European Commission, we are working to potentially prevent hundreds of thousands of former Russian soldiers from entering the Schengen area. We don't want war criminals and saboteurs roaming our streets," Callas said.

The 20th package of sanctions against Russia and the approval of a loan to Ukraine was prevented by Hungary. The reason was the cessation of Russian oil transit to the country through Ukraine via the Druzhba pipeline. "Until Ukraine resumes oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, we will not allow the approval of important decisions for Kiev," said the country's foreign minister Peter Szijjártó. Kiev attributed the transit halt to damage to the pipeline in late January.

German Foreign Minister Norbert Wadeoful said Berlin would try to change Budapest's mind. Kallas, in turn, said that what happened was a "setback", but assured - work on the adoption of sanctions will continue. The draft of new restrictions against Moscow was presented in early February. The list, in particular, includes a ban on maritime transportation of Russian oil and restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions with Russia.

Earlier, the representative of the foreign policy service of the euro bloc Anita Hipper reported that the EU Council is discussing a ban on entry to the Schengen zone for Russians who took part in the war against Ukraine. Hipper specified that the proposal was made by one of the countries of the union and was supported by several states. According to Politico, the country that made the proposal was Estonia.

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