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Wires: EU Discussed Punishing Firms, Banks Financing UKR Separatists

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Headlines hitting wires from unnamed EU Commission source regarding potential EU sanctions on Russia:

  • RTRS: According to a EU Commission source, EU ambassadors discussed punishing corporations and banks implicated in financing separatist actions in eastern Ukraine's breakaway regions.
  • RTRS: EU ambassadors discussed banning trade in Russian state bonds in European market EU Commission source says.
  • RTRS: EU Foreign Affairs ministers could agree on Russia sanctions package at talks in Paris later today, EU Commission source says.
  • RTRS: EU ambassadors discussed kicking breakaway regions out of FTA between EU and Ukraine EU Commission source says.
  • Silvia Amaro at CNBC tweets: "After #EU ambassadors meeting, EU diplomat says: All countries explicitly support new #Russia sanctions, except for one: Hungary. They stressed the importance of dialogue and wanted to reconvene with capital. More on EU sanctions this afternoon"
  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz states that he is 'confident' EU to agreee to 'robust and massive' sanctions against Russia.

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