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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU foreign ministers weigh up ban on Russian gold imports

Gold bars
According to the draft regulation, the EU will ban ‘the direct or indirect import, purchase or transfer of gold, which constitutes Russia’s most significant export after energy’. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

EU foreign ministers are discussing a ban on Russian gold imports, the most significant measure in a limited plan by the bloc to further curb funding for the Kremlin’s war machine.

The EU’s high representative for foreign policy, Josep Borrell, said the ban on Russian gold was the most important measure of the latest plan, which is focused largely on “improving the implementation of the already existing sanctions”.

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