Czechia seeking EU consensus on 9th package of sanctions

Czechia, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, is negotiating support for a ninth package of sanctions against Russia. The list of newly sanctioned goods proposed by the European Commission includes technological products that could be misused by the Russian military in the war on Ukraine, such as drones and their components, laptops, hard drives, cameras and other electronics. There should also be a complete ban on European investment in the Russian mining industry. Moreover, the list of persons with travel bans and frozen assets is to be expanded by around 200 more names. The ninth package of sanctions is currently being debated in Brussels at the  last meeting of EU foreign ministers this year.