Politico learned about the possible content of the ninth package of EU sanctions

According to the sources of the newspaper, the new sanctions list may include 180 items,and the package of restrictions can be adopted as early as next week

The ninth package of EU sanctions against RUSSIA may include restrictions on the financial, technology and media sectors, the Politico newspaper learned. According to the newspaper, 180 items are planned in the future sanctions list.

Several diplomats have told Politico they are confident an agreement can be reached relatively quickly, possibly before next week's Foreign Affairs Council meeting and the EU summit.

On November 22, the newspaper wrote that the EU was preparing a large-scale expansion of the list of sanctioned individuals with the inclusion of a number of officials and "propagandists", a "long list" had already been drawn up for this.

The Baltic countries and Poland, according to the newspaper, were in favor of promulgating the new measures by December 5, when the European embargo on Russian oil came into force, and the price ceiling on it began to operate. Other members of the union said that the new package was not ready and feared that linking the two measures would exacerbate the situation.

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Two days later, the development of new sanctions was confirmed by the HEAD of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to her, the process went "at full speed."

Back in October, Polish media reported that Warsaw and the Baltic states want to propose to the European Union to introduce new restrictions against Russia in the field of nuclear energy, the import of Russian diamonds and liquefied gas, and the EXPORT of drones to Moscow.

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The EU announced the previous package of sanctions in early October. In addition to the ceiling on oil prices, it included a ban on the import of goods worth € 7 billion and bans on the export of coal, electronic components for the production of weapons, goods for aviation, certain chemicals and small arms. It was forbidden to import finished and semi-finished products from steel, plastic, textiles, vehicles, machinery from Russia.

In addition, the EU imposed restrictions on new organizations and individuals, banned citizens of the Union countries from holding positions on the board of some Russian state-owned companies, banned IT consulting and business services for Russia, tightened restrictions on the use of cryptocurrencies by Russians, banned any transactions with the Russian Maritime Register shipping.