EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed on new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and against Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko
."We have agreed to enact sanctions against individuals that we consider to be responsible for this violation of international law."that they would share with European partners proposals for additional sanctions against Moscow over the poisoning of Navalny using a nerve agent from the Novichok group, after the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that it had been used in the attack.
According to three diplomats, the list currently under discussion contains six Russian individuals and one entity and it could be signed off by EU ambassadors as soon as Wednesday.
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