EU countries to debate of 12th package of Russia sanctions next week
European Union countries will start debating next week a proposal for a 12th package of sanctions on Russia that will focus on a ban of Russian diamonds, EU diplomats and an EU official told Reuters. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, EU countries have already applied 11 packages of sanctions against Moscow to diminish the Kremlin's ability to finance the war. The EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell told the Financial Times on Wednesday that the bloc received the go-ahead for diamonds from the G7 - the United States, Canada, Britain, Japan, France Germany and Ita...