EU agrees low-key new Russian sanctions list: diplomats

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By Adrian Croft and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments have agreed on a list of new entities and Russian and pro-Moscow Ukrainian individuals who will suffer sanctions in the bloc, diplomats said on Thursday. Foreign ministers will meet on Monday in Brussels to endorse the list, which adds to measures taken last year. Reservations on the part of the new Greek government had been lifted during negotiations among envoys of the 28 member states, diplomats said. EU leaders have been struggling to maintain a common front against Moscow after imposing rounds of sanctions last year that have hurt limping EU economies and worried those EU governments which would prefer a more conciliatory approach to Russia.

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