No EU agreement yet on 21st Russian sanctions package, Kallas says
Open questions remain over fish, ships and the oil price cap as Bulgaria’s objections force the EU to scale back its latest Russia sanctions draft.
- The European Union is currently working on its 21st sanctions package against Russia, but no agreement has been reached yet, according to High Representative Kaja Kallas.
- The EU hopes to add 250 individuals involved in Russia's attacks on Ukraine's civilian population to the sanctions list, which would be the largest number of listings so far.
- Some open questions regarding the sanctions package still remain, but the EU is working towards reaching an agreement.
- The proposed sanctions are a reaction to recent Russian attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine, as explained by Kaja Kallas upon arriving at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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EU sanctions Russian social network VK and Russia’s state-backed messaging app Max
The European Union expanded its sanctions against Russia to include VK, the country’s dominant social media company, and its subsidiary Kommunikatsionnaya Platforma, an investment firm that developed Max, the state-backed national messaging app, according to the bloc’s official journal (.pdf).
The European High Representative, Kaja Kallas, has asked the Foreign Ministers of the Member States to soften their national demands in order to be able to adopt by next Wednesday the 21st package of sanctions against Russia which “will reach the backbone of the Russian war machine.” The European Commission had prepared an ambitious package of additional restrictive measures against Russia which, for the first time, also includes third countries…
EU countries have not yet agreed on a 21st sanctions package against Russia, but are instead sanctioning individuals.
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Quotidiano Nazionale(Agenzia Vista) Brussels, 13 July 2026 "Then we will move on to the discussion on Ukraine. Today we hope to get approval for the inclusion of 250 names on the list and we are also working on the 21st package of sanctions, on which we do not yet have an agreement. This is the highest number of listings we have made so far and it is also a reaction to the attacks that Russia has recently launched against civilians. Next, we will discuss the strate…
European Union member states were unable to agree on new sanctions against Russia.
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