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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Gabriela Baczynska

EU debates 11 billion euro worth of trade curbs in new Russia sanctions

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet on sideline of the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany January 19, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

Representatives of the 27 European Union countries meet in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss a new batch of sanctions against Russia, which the head of the bloc's executive said could cost 11 billion euros ($11.8 bln) in lost trade.

The bloc is expected to agree new sanctions to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, but the specific proposals must yet win the unanimous backing of all EU member states.

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