The public prosecutor of EU declared readiness to investigate cases of circumvention of sanctions against Russian Federation

The European prosecutor's office is ready to undertake investigation of the crimes connected with circumvention of the anti-Russian sanctions, however while legal tools for this purpose are not present, Laura Kodrutsa Koveshi declared information agency "Bloomberg" the general prosecutor EU. At the end of November Council of European Union unanimously approved the decision on inclusion of violation of sanctions in the list of crimes in EU. Now Yevropeyskaya commission has to submit offers on the directive containing the minimum rules, concerning definitions of criminal offenses and punishments for violation of restrictive measures. Then the document will be sent for approval...