“We know that our sanctions are an effective tool of economic pressure. And we will keep using them until Russia comes to the negotiation table with Ukraine for a just and lasting peace”. This is how the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, justified the 19th package of EU sanctions against Russia, which she presented on Friday 19 September. It consists of targeting even more Russian gas and oil imports, sanctioning additional companies that participate in the...