On Thursday, 2 June, the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU approved the sixth package of sanctions against Russia (see EUROPE B12963A20). The package will be adopted by written procedure, which will be concluded this Friday at 9 am, in preparation for publication in the Official Journal later that day.
In order to gain Hungary’s approval, the ambassadors decided not to sanction Patriarch Kirill, who is, however, a strong supporter of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine...