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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Andrew Gray and Gabriela Baczynska

Lithuania offers carve-outs to EU sceptics over Russia nuclear sanctions

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

A new Lithuanian bid to push the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear energy industry includes proposed exemptions for Hungary and a two-year period to phase out existing contracts, according to a document seen by Reuters.

Unlike similar, earlier proposals by the EU's Russia hawks, the latest plan from Vilnius includes a nuanced approach, an apparent attempt to win over sceptics in Budapest and elsewhere.

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