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Der Spiegel, Reuters:

The EU Commission wants to ban all coal imports from Russia. This was reported by SPIEGEL, and earlier by the news agency Reuters and the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".

According to the report, the import ban is to become part of the next sanctions package against Russia. More specifics, such as when and to what extent coal imports from Russia could be stopped, were not initially known. According to diplomats, the Commission intends to present the sanctions package to the EU countries on Tuesday. They will then have to vote on it.

According to a report by the Reuters news agency, the import of wood, cement, rubber, chemicals and luxury foods such as caviar and spirits such as vodka will also be banned. This would involve a total volume of five billion euros annually. Russian trucks and ships should also no longer be allowed into the EU. The export of semiconductors, high-tech machinery, certain liquefied gas technology and other equipment is also to be banned. The export ban would have a volume of ten billion euros.

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