European foreign ministers agreed on Sunday, in agreement with the G7 powers, to block transactions by the Russian Central Bank, announced the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell.
“More than half of the Central Bank’s reserves are going to be crippled because they are kept in institutions in the G7 countries,” Borrell said, stressing that the ministers’ political agreement paved the way for adoption. formal and the adoption of the measure by the opening of the markets on Monday.