According to information from, among others, the news agency Bloomberg and the news site Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, sanctions are proposed against an additional 40 vessels, which are accused of helping Russia circumvent previous sanctions on the country's oil trade.
Furthermore, for the first time, sanctions are proposed in the form of frozen assets and entry bans for one Chinese and six Chinese companies, which are believed to be helping Russia with equipment for the war in Ukraine. Previously, Chinese companies have only been affected in the form of trade bans with certain equipment that can be used militarily.
Whether and when EU countries can agree on the sanctions package – the 15th since February 2022 – is, however, unclear. Above all, Hungary is strongly skeptical of sanctions in general and has not driven forward any new package during its half-year as chair of the EU's Council of Ministers since July 1.
From January 1, however, the significantly more Russia-critical Poland will take over the chairmanship.
