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EU governments agree on food security derogation in new Russian sanctions package

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 16 Dec 2022 16:44
  • 16 Dec 2022 18:10
Russian companies and individuals can unlock frozen assets to pay the costs of exporting agricultural products and fertilizers via Europe's ports, according to a derogation agreed upon in the new package of EU sanctions against Russia.
EU governments agreed last night on a new set of sanctions against Russia “in

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Joanna Sopinska

Senior Correspondent


Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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