Negotiations are well underway in the Council of the European Union on the package of sanctions to respond to Russia’s escalating military invasion of Ukraine that the European Commission recently put forward (see EUROPE B13031A2).
The Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) discussed the three-part package - listing of new sanctioned persons and entities, additional trade restrictions and a cap on the international price of Russian oil - on Friday 30 September and will meet...