In Ireland, the EU announced plans to impose sanctions against Russia more often

The European Union is considering changing its approach to imposing anti-Russian sanctions, moving to more frequent but smaller-scale packages of restrictions. This was announced on July 30 by Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Helen McEntee.

According to her, the European Commission is discussing a new format of sanctions policy against Russia ahead of the preparation of the next, 22nd package of restrictions. Instead of large packages that are accepted less frequently, the EU can focus on the gradual introduction of small sanctions measures.

"We need to see which approach is the best," McEntee's statement is quoted by TASS.

The head of the Irish Foreign Ministry noted that the approval of new restrictions is becoming an increasingly complex process. She cited the impact of sanctions on the economies of European countries themselves as one of the reasons. Discussions on further sanctions policy against Russia are continuing in the EU, but final decisions on the format and content of the new restrictions have not yet been made.

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Brussels has abandoned some of the restrictive measures due to extensive internal disagreements.

On July 28, during a preliminary vote, the majority of US senators supported the bill on sanctions against Russia, the main legacy of the late US Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as an extremist and terrorist by Rosfinmonitoring). 86 legislators voted for the initiative. The document on tightening sanctions against Russia gives Trump the right to impose 100% duties on imports from the five largest countries — buyers of Russian oil. At the same time, Graham's sister Darlene, who took the post of senator instead of her deceased brother, did not participate in the vote.