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Reuters: EU agrees new sanctions against Crimea officials, EU’s presidency says

Published Nov. 8, 2016 at 5:22 pm

A picture taken on Sept. 10, 2016 in the main Crimean city of Simferopol shows people walking next to an election billboard for the United Russia party with a portrait of Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov.

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BRUSSELS – European Union finance ministers agreed on Nov. 8 new targeted sanctions against Crimean officials, adding to restrictive measures adopted after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

“The Council adopted new listings under the restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” Slovakia’s Finance Minister Peter Kazimir told a news conference at the end of a meeting of the Council of EU finance ministers.