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/RUSSIA: EU Expected To Impose Limited Sanctions On Russia

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POLITICO reports: "EU ambassadors meet at 9:30 a.m. in Brussels today to discuss sanctions. From 10 a.m., EU affairs ministers from around the bloc will meet for the General Affairs Council, where they will continue the discussion. Three diplomats told Playbook the EU is likely to impose limited sanctions — such as listing more individuals and cutting trade with the separatist “republics” — largely a symbolic move given those regions are already sanctioned."

  • It seems that the EU intends to use the same playbook as the U.S. and keep some powder dry as a deterrence strategy against a potential Russian military invasion beyond Ukrainian territory controlled by separatist rebels.

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