EU to approve new Russia sanctions on 150 entities and 50 banks on Monday, France says

France’s European affairs minister Benjamin Haddad said on Thursday the European Union will approve new sanctions against Russia on Monday, targeting 150 additional entities and 50 banks, most of the entities proposed by France. He told LCI television the EU would keep up economic pressure on Russia and support Ukraine.

The announcement came a day after Russia barred entry to French journalists and two French lawmakers, a move Haddad described as intimidation. The Kremlin presented the ban as a response to France’s expulsion in July of Xenia Fedorova, a former head of RT France.