The European Union has imposed sanctions on some of Russia’s top intelligence officials in a prelude to possible sanctions against strategic sectors of the Russian economy.
Among 15 individuals added to the blacklist on Saturday were: the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Mikhail Fradkov; the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov; and Sergei Beseda, an operational commander to in the FSB.
Nikolai Patrushev, a predecessor of Bortnikov at the head of the FSB, is also sanctioned. Patrushev is currently a member of Russia’s Security Council. Two other members of the council are also blacklisted: Rashid Nurgaliev and …read more
Source: European Voice
