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Von der Leyen: EU to sanction Sberbank in latest round of sanctions.

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Head of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag in an interview published on April 17 that the EU's sixth round of sanctions with target the banking sector, "especially Sberbank, which accounts for 37% of the Russian banking sector," as well as oil.

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The Kyiv Independent's Deputy Chief Editor Oleksiy Sorokin spoke with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa during her visit to Kyiv on July 15, following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of his deal with NATO to arm Ukraine and his threat to impose severe sanctions on Russia if it doesn't reach a peace deal with Ukraine within the next 50 days.

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