EU seals last-minute sanctions deal after Italy-Poland clash threatened its adoption

Photo caption: A destroyed Russian tank sits in a snow covered wheat field in Kharkiv region on February 22, 2023, amid Russia’s military invasion on Ukraine. Photo credit: Anatoli Stepanov / AFP via Getty Images. Article by Leonie Kijewski. Politico – February 25, 2023. 

Disagreement over imports of synthetic rubber had risked scuppering the agreement.

The European Union sealed a political deal on its next round of sanctions against Russia, the Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU announced late on Friday, just in time for the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. […]

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