EU ambassadors approve a new package of sanctions against Russia

 On Wednesday, October 5, EU ambassadors approved the details of the eighth package of sanctions against Russia.

Rikard Jozwiak, editor of "Radio Svoboda" on European affairs, reports this on his Twitter.

EU ambassadors have now approved all details of the #Russia sanctions package and a so-called written procedure launched that will finish at 10 tomorrow. so publication in the EU official journal some time tomorrow. #Ukraine

— Rikard Jozwiak (@RikardJozwiak) October 5, 2022

"The EU ambassadors approved all the details of the package of sanctions against Russia and launched the so-called written procedure, which will end tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.," he said.

The eighth package of sanctions included:

• Prohibition of sea transportation of Russian oil to third countries at prices exceeding the upper limit of the price of oil, and a ban on related services;

• Extended ban on the import of goods - metal products, wood pulp, paper, machines and devices, chemicals, plastics, cigarettes, etc.; 

• Ban on the provision of IT, engineering and legal services to Russian entities, further ban on the export of technologies; 

• Extension of the sanctions regime to Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, new criteria for bypassing sanctions and new lists.

Therefore, the official publication of the sanctions package is expected on October 6.