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EU to sanction ninety Russian banks — Reuters

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 82 words
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The European Union is planning a 21st sanctions package that would blacklist 170 individuals and entities, including 90 Russian banks. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas also indicated that companies from third countries may be targeted by these measures.

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What happened

The EU plans to blacklist 170 individuals and legal entities as part of the 21st sanctions package, including 90 Russian banks.

Why it matters

The measure will bring the number of Russian banks under sanctions to a half of all Russian financial institutions engaged in international transactions, Reuters reported, quoting diplomatic sources.

Common ground

Measures will also be taken against companies from third countries as part of the upcoming anti-Russian sanctions package, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Kaja Kallas wrote on X.

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The European Union is planning a 21st sanctions package that would blacklist 170 individuals and entities, including 90 Russian banks. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas also indicated that companies from third countries may be targeted by these measures.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The EU plans to blacklist 170 individuals and legal entities as part of the 21st sanctions package, including 90 Russian banks.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the EU plans to blacklist 170 individuals and entities, including 90 Russian banks, as part of the 21st sanctions package.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an es…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia–European Union relations are the international relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia. Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland; the Ru…
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Claim 2: “The measure will bring the number of Russian banks under sanctions to a half of all Russian financial institutions engaged in international transactions”
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The specific detail that this will bring the number of sanctioned banks to 'a half of all Russian financial institutions engaged in international transactions' is attributed to Reuters quoting diplomatic sources in one search result, but is not independently confirmed by other provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian(s) may refer to: Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries A citizen of Russia or a pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian (Ivan Vassilovitch Dragovsky; Russian: Иван Васильевич Драговский) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an enemy of the Punisher and Spider…
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Claim 3: “Measures will also be taken against companies from third countries as part of the upcoming anti-Russian sanctions package, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Kaja Kallas wrote on X.”
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Multiple sources confirm that EU High Representative Kaja Kallas has spoken about the new sanctions package and targeting restrictions on financial sectors and third-country entities to tighten restrictions on Russia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kaja Kallas (born 18 June 1977) is an Estonian politician and diplomat. She was the first female prime minister of Estonia, a role she held from 2021 until 2024, when she resigned in advance of her ap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaja_Kallas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Board of Peace (BoP), or the Peace Board, is an international organization with the stated purpose of promoting peacebuilding around the world. Established by President Donald Trump and led by th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy/vice-president of the European Commission (HR/VP) is the chief co-ordinator and representative of the Common Foreign and Se…
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