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EU's 12th sanctions package is frivolous

By Rhod Mackenzie

The European Union's new package of anti-Russian sanctions will not cause significant damage to the Russian economy. Georgy Ostapkovich, the director of the Centre for Market Research at the Higher School of Economics, told Izvestiya on 18 December.

Earlier that day, the EU app...

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EU looking at 12th sanctions package against Russia despite the failure of the previous rounds

By Rhod Mackenzie

The European Union (EU) Council has not yet received any official proposals for the new package of sanctions to be imposed against Russia, according to an official EU representative who spoke to the newspaper Izvestia. However, the European Parliament anticipates that new measur...

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Russian diamonds to come under sanctions?

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo presented a plan to abandon Russian gems to the world's leading diamond industry representatives in New York on Tuesday, writes the Belgian publication Soir.
"Alexander de Croo proposed to the elite of the jewellery industry gathered...

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