EU places three subjects on sanctions list following Czech proposal

The European Union has followed a Czech proposal and placed two individuals and a company on its sanctions list relating to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The Czech-based pro-Kremlin website Voice of Europe and two people behind it, Viktor Medvedchuk and Artem Marchevskyi, were added to Czechia’s own sanctions list in late March after the country’s counterintelligence uncovered the influence network they were involved in, including the paying of cash to European politicians.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague on Monday described the EU’s decision to follow Czechia's lead on the sanctions as a success for Czech diplomacy. It said the country was ready to “cut off more Russian tentacles at the European level.”