EU ‘close to agreeing on asset freeze’ on Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov

Vladimir Putin (Alexei Nikolsky/AP)

The European Union is “very close to agreement” to freezing the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, according to Luxembourg’s foreign minister.

Jean Asselborn said before a meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss sanctions: “I think we are very close to an agreement, that we will find an agreement here.