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Borrell: EU Finalising "Last Details" - 12th Russia Sanctions Package

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The EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has told reporters, after a meeting of EU foreign ministers today, that EU officials are "finalising" the "last details" of the 12th package of sanctions on Russia, expected to include a ban on Russian diamonds and measures to tighten enforcement of the price cap on Russian oil.

  • Borrell said: "This twelfth package will include … new export bans, among them … diamonds, actions to tighten the oil price cap, in order to decrease the revenue that Russia is getting from selling its oil - not to us but to others - [and] fighting against circumvention."
  • Reuters notes that, "Borrell said the European Commission, the EU executive, could approve the proposed package on Wednesday. It would then go to the Council of the EU, comprising the bloc's 27 member countries, for discussion and approval."

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