Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary 17.01.24

The EU continues to stand by Ukraine.

Today, Member States agreed to set aside extraordinary revenues stemming from Russian frozen assets

It is part of our coordinated efforts at the G7 level to make Russia pay for the damage it has caused in Ukraine.

On Monday, I will welcome Yulia Navalnaya at the EU Foreign Affairs Council.

EU Ministers will send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in Russia and honour the memory of Alexei Navalny.

🇪🇺 The European Union is outraged by the death of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, for which the ultimate responsibility lies with President Putin and the Russian authorities.

Today at the Foreign Affairs Council we expressed our deepest condolences to his wife Yulia Navalnaya, their children, family, friends and all those who worked with him for the benefit of their country.

Russia must allow an independent and transparent international investigation into circumstances of his sudden death. The EU will spare no efforts to hold Russia’s political leadership and authorities to account, in close coordination with our partners; and impose further costs for their actions, including through sanctions.

Throughout his life, Mr Navalny demonstrated incredible courage, dedication to his country and his fellow citizens and determination, with his anti-corruption work across Russia, a message that attracted many across the country. This is why Putin and his regime were afraid of him, also in the context of Russia’s ongoing illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and the Russian Presidential elections in March.

💬 President von der Leyen

«Я приветствую соглашение по нашему 13-му пакету санкций против России.

Мы должны и дальше ослаблять путинскую военную машину.

Внеся в санкционный список в общей сложности 2000 лиц, мы продолжаем оказывать сильное давление на Кремль.

Мы также продолжаем сокращать доступ России к беспилотникам».

Мы достигли соглашения по 13-му пакету!

Мы вносим почти 200 физических и юридических лиц в наш пакет индивидуальных санкций, тем самым расширяя санкционный список ЕС до более чем 2000 лиц.

В рамках этого пакета мы принимаем еще больше мер против юрлиц, вовлеченных в обход санкций, а также против оборонного и военного секторов.

"I welcome the agreement on our 13th sanctions package against Russia

We must keep degrading Putin's war machine.

With 2000 listings in total, we keep the pressure high on the Kremlin.

We are also further cutting Russia’s access to drones"

We have a deal on the 13th package !

We are adding almost 200 persons and entities to our package of designations bringing over EU listings to over 2000.

With this package, we are taking more action against entities involved in circumvention, the defence and military sectors.