The ambassadors of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) approved a new package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday 20 July.
The package includes a ban on imports of gold of Russian origin, including jewellery, new export controls, the freezing of Sberbank assets, individual sanctions against more than 50 people and entities, including politicians, the military, oligarchs and propagandists.
The ambassadors also pledged that the sanctions would not jeopardise global food and energy...