OREANDA-NEWS  Benjamin Addad, Minister Delegate for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry, said that the European Union plans to introduce new anti-Russian sanctions on November 16. This is reported by TASS.

According to him, restrictive measures will be approved on Monday, which may include 150 individuals and 50 banks. At the same time, a significant part of the candidates were proposed by the French side.

Earlier, the Russian side has repeatedly stated that the EU's sanctions policy does not help in resolving the Ukrainian conflict.

Also earlier, Tbilisi Mayor and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream — Democratic Georgia party, Kakha Kaladze, said that the imposition of sanctions by the Georgian government against Russia at the request of the European Union (EU) would be disastrous for the republic.