European Union, Russia and sanctions
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The European Union is targeting Russia with more sanctions over its war on Ukraine. The aim is to deprive Moscow of energy revenue through a lower oil price cap and a ban on transactions with Nord Stream gas pipelines.
Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, made his comments after the European Union agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry.
EU sanctions aim to weaken Russia’s war economy with oil price caps, ship bans, and finance curbs—without disrupting global supply, says EU envoy to India.
The spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of Iran condemned the European Council’s “illegal and destructive” decision to impose fresh sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals.
Since the EU deal was announced last Thursday, scores of people including children have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid from the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Kaag said that the EU must not fall into a trap of seeing aid as a bargaining chip, rather than a fundamental human right.