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EU-RUSSIA: Sanctions Rollover Meeting Pushed To Friday

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Rikard Jozwiak at RFE/RL posts on X that the meeting of EU ambassadors seeking an agreement on rolling over sanctions on +2,000 Russian individuals and other entities that had been pencilled in for today will instead take place tomorrow (Friday 14 March). As Jozwiak notes 'Deadline for renewal: midnight between Saturday  [15th]  and Sunday [16th]'.

  • Talks have continued for several days between permanent representatives seeking agreement on extending the measures that include travel bans and asset freezes for another six months. FT reporting that Hungary has been the holdout over its demand thatRussian oligarch Mikhail Fridman is removed from the sanctions list. 
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Rikard Jozwiak at RFE/RL posts on X that the meeting of EU ambassadors seeking an agreement on rolling over sanctions on +2,000 Russian individuals and other entities that had been pencilled in for today will instead take place tomorrow (Friday 14 March). As Jozwiak notes 'Deadline for renewal: midnight between Saturday  [15th]  and Sunday [16th]'.

  • Talks have continued for several days between permanent representatives seeking agreement on extending the measures that include travel bans and asset freezes for another six months. FT reporting that Hungary has been the holdout over its demand thatRussian oligarch Mikhail Fridman is removed from the sanctions list.