Exclusive: EU mulls capital markets restrictions among new Russia sanctions

New European Union sanctions against Russia could include further capital markets restrictions, making it harder for Russian companies to refinance themselves and possibly affecting Russian sovereign bonds and access to advanced technology for the oil and gas sectors, EU officials said on Wednesday. EU foreign ministers are set to ask the executive European Commission on Thursday to prepare a new round of sanctions over Moscow's role in eastern Ukraine, however officials said the measures may not be adopted by EU leaders until late March. "Measures for financial markets would be the easiest to introduce.

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