EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called the 21st sanctions package the “largest” in four years

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EU countries have approved the 21st sanctions package. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the agreement by the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives on the package of restrictions. The new sanctions package against Russia will include the following measures: ✹ restrictions against another 32…

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called the 21st sanctions package the “largest” in four years. It contains 218 listings in total.

According to her, the sanctions will affect more than a hundred banks and crypto companies, more than 40 shadow fleet vessels, and several oil refineries in Russia and Belarus “that help Moscow continue the war.”

In addition, more than 50 defense-industrial enterprises were sanctioned. Reuters reported that the Moscow Exchange will also be hit by EU sanctions.

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