The European Commission is set to adopt on Friday its seventh package of sanctions against Russia, which will add a ban to the import of Russian gold and tweak existing restrictive measures to avoid hampering food exports, said two officials who declined to be named, APA reports citing Reuters.
The new measures are considered to be "a maintenance and alignment package," one of the sources said, referring to it as a "sixth-and-a-half" set of sanctions for its limited scope compared with previous rounds that hit Russian oil or coal.
However, some measures could have a serious impact on the affected sectors.
Brussels will also tighten existing measures, with new limitations on the imports of goods that could be used for military purposes, including chemicals and machinery, the source said.
New people and entities seen to be close to the Kremlin will also be added to the EU blacklist that requires freezing of their assets and travel bans, three officials who declined to be named said.
The Commission will also make some changes to existing sanctions to make sure that they do not hit food and grain exports from Russia, the three EU officials said.
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