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Patriarch Kirill, according to Rikard Jozwiak, did not fall under the sanctions.

Ambassadors European Union approved the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which on February 24 unleashed a full-scale war against Ukraine.

About this in Twitter Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak said.

According to the journalist, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow was not included in the sixth package of sanctions. New restrictions for the aggressor country should appear in the Official Journal of the EU tomorrow.

“The 6th package of EU sanctions against Russia was adopted by the ambassadors to the EU. Patriarch Kirill is not included,” Yozwiak said.

On the page of the French Presidency of the European Union in Twitter details of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia have already been announced. The list of restrictions includes:

• Sanctions against security and military personnel, industrial and technology sector organizations, oligarchs, propagandists and their families;
• a ban on oil imports from Russia by sea, which, combined with the decisions of Poland and Germany at the national level, will reduce Russian oil imports by 92% by the end of the year;
• disconnection from the Swift system of three Russian banks, including Sberbank, and one Belarusian bank;
• expanding bans on exports to Russia, including chemicals and high-tech goods;
• a ban on providing services to the Russian oil sector;
• a ban on three Russian media outlets involved in the dissemination of propaganda;
• a ban on consulting services for Russian operators.

The sixth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation: what is known

As UNIAN reported earlier, on May 4, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented sixth package of EU sanctions against Russiaincluding the oil embargo and Sberbank’s disconnection from SWIFT.

At the same time in the Hungarian government saidthat the European Union’s plan for a total ban on Russian oil imports is unsatisfactory because it threatens Hungary’s energy security.

According to Bloomberg sources, EU proposed revise the oil embargo against the Russian Federation and allow Hungary and Slovakia to buy Russian oil by the end of 2024, in the Czech Republic – until June 2024.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba noted that the failure of all member countries of the European Union to decide on the introduction of the sixth package of sanctions with an oil embargo against the Russian Federation would be too generous a gift for President Vladimir Putin.

On May 5, it became known that the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill may be subject to EU sanctions. According to Reuters, the sanctions could lead to an asset freeze and a travel ban.

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