Poland imposes its own sanctions on Russia
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During a press conference, Piotr Muller, a government spokesman, presented the government's decisions as part of actions against Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The first, the decision of the Council of Ministers, is to accept a request to send a diplomatic note to the Russian side, informing about the withdrawal of consent to be bound by Poland by an agreement with Russia on the promotion and mutual protection of investments. The second one concerns the adoption of the bill on special solutions for counteracting support for aggression against Ukraine. It is a package that extends the sanctioning possibilities directly at the national level.
"From the very beginning, according to the EU, Poland is freezing all assets – at the moment it is PLN 160 million of frozen Russian assets," Piotr Müller said.
As he recalled, confiscation under the current provisions is not possible.
"We will block the assets of entities that contribute to Russia's invasion of sovereign Ukraine," he announced.
The list of specific entities will be updated by the minister of the interior and administration. Failure to comply with the provisions on freezing assets will be subject to financial liability of up to PLN 20 million for entities that fail to comply with it.
