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Articles with tag "European Union"

EU Grants Kazakhstan Sanctions Waiver to Export Coal via Russian Ports

The European Commission had already indicated in March that Kazakhstan, the EU's fifth-largest coal supplier, could qualify for such an exemption.

EU Lifts Sanctions on Japanese LNG Tankers After Pledge to Halt Russian Exports

The ships had previously conducted ship-to-ship transfers in Russia’s Murmansk region, helping export gas from Russia’s Yamal LNG plant to buyers in...
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EU Approves 18th Round of Sanctions Against Russia

As part of the new measures, the bloc agreed to lower the price cap on Russian oil exported to third countries to 15% below the global market value.
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EU Delays 18th Sanctions Package Against Russia Amid Slovak Objections

Slovakia withheld its support, seeking specific guarantees on the EU’s proposal to end imports of Russian gas by Jan. 1, 2028.
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EU Moves Toward Floating Price Cap for Russian Oil

The floating mechanism aims to respond more effectively to market fluctuations and to undercut Russia’s oil revenues.
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Top European Court Rules Russia Committed Rights Abuses in Ukraine, Downing of MH17

The ruling is largely symbolic, as Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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EU Diplomat Assaulted During Visit to Far East Russia’s Vladivostok

EU officials told Der Spiegel they had “strong assumptions” that the diplomat’s assailants may have been linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service...
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EU Unveils More Details of Proposed Ban on Russian Gas Imports

Unlike previous sanctions, the ban would rely on trade and energy laws to restrict Russian gas — a move designed to bypass potential opposition from...
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EU Approves New Tariffs on Russian Fertilizer Imports

European farming groups had opposed the move, warning it could raise fertilizer prices amid continued reliance on Russian supplies.
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Documentary 'The Eukrainian' Follows Kyiv's Quest for EU Membership

The film focuses on Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna as she leads Kyiv’s efforts to cement itself as part of modern Europe.
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EU Lawmakers Approve Tariffs on Russian Fertilizer Imports

More than a quarter of the EU’s nitrogen-based fertilizer imports currently come from Russia, with additional volumes entering from Belarus.
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EU Likely to Propose Lowering G7 Price Cap on Russian Oil to $50 Per Barrel

European officials plan to recommend the lower price cap at a meeting of G7 finance ministers in Canada later this week.
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EU Approves New Sanctions on Russia Targeting ‘Shadow’ Oil Fleet

Sanctions will also target companies in countries such as Vietnam, Serbia and Turkey that are accused of supplying goods to the Russian military.
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EU Pledges $1.1Bln From Frozen Russian Assets to Ukrainian Arms Industry

Western nations froze around $300 billion in Russian central bank assets after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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EU Unveils Plan to End All Russian Gas Imports by 2027

EU officials admit that phasing out Russian energy is easier said than done, as some member states are more dependent on imports than others.
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Russia's GRU Behind Airport Parcel Bombing Plot, European Intelligence Believes

The coordinated attacks were part of an international sabotage campaign involving at least 10 individuals, according to a joint investigation by German...
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Refusal to Ease Sanctions Shows EU Doesn't Want Peace, Kremlin Says

"If European countries don't want to go down this path, it means they don't want to go down the path of peace," the Kremlin's top spokesman said.
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European Leaders Reject Sanctions Relief for Russia at Ukraine Summit in Paris

“There was complete clarity that now is not the time to lift sanctions — quite the contrary,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
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EU Says No Sanctions Relief for Russia Until Full Military Withdrawal From Ukraine

An EU spokesperson stressed that “Russia must now demonstrate genuine political will to end its illegal and unprovoked war of aggression.”
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Kremlin Accuses Europe of Planning ‘Militarization’

“Europe has embarked on a path of militarization and has turned itself into something of a war party,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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