EU Will Adopt New Russia Sanctions on Monday Covering 150 Entities and 50 Banks, France Says
Benjamin Haddad says foreign ministers will adopt the package on 16 November; EU envoys agreed 145 listings on Wednesday, while Moscow bans two French lawmakers and two journalists.
Thursday, November 12, 2026/2 min read
The European Union's next sanctions package on Russia is ready, and France says it will be adopted on Monday. French European affairs minister Benjamin Haddad told LCI television on Thursday that the measures will cover 150 additional entities and 50 banks, and that France proposed most of the entities, according to TASS and a Reuters report. Monday is 16 November.
The timing is deliberate. The announcement came on the same day US envoys were in the Kremlin and European leaders were meeting in Dublin, a reminder that Europe is trying to hold economic pressure on Moscow while Washington talks.
What is in the new EU sanctions package?
Reuters reported on Wednesday that EU ambassadors had agreed 145 listings of entities and individuals tied to Russia's financial system, shadow fleet, disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks, in a separate dispatch. Of those, 113 fall under the main regime on Ukraine's territorial integrity, including 50 Russian banks, enablers of the shadow fleet, energy companies and further business leaders. Another 31 come under the hybrid-activities regime for foreign manipulation, and one under the cyberattack framework.
That regime already carries about 4,500 designations. The gap between Haddad's 150 and the envoys' 145 is small and unexplained in the reports we found; it may reflect rounding or a late addition, and the formal text will settle it. The listings become EU law only once published in the Official Journal after foreign ministers adopt them.
Why is France talking about Russian entry bans?
Haddad also used the interview to answer Moscow. On Wednesday, Russia barred four people from entering the country: Le Monde reporter Ariane Chemin, freelance journalist Paul Gogo, and French lawmakers Sacha Houlie and Arthur Delaporte, Reuters reported. Russia presented the bans as retaliation for France's July expulsion of Xenia Fedorova, a former head of RT France whom French authorities accused of spreading Russian misinformation.
Haddad called the bans intimidation and said France will not be intimidated, defending the lawmakers' work on foreign interference. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on X that the Kremlin's framing confirmed Fedorova's ties to Russian authorities, per the same report.
What happens on Monday?
EU foreign ministers are expected to meet and adopt the listings. Reuters noted that Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in hybrid warfare and sabotage in NATO countries, and has called such accusations a smear. Whether it answers the new listings with further entry bans or other countermeasures is the next thing to watch. One source said the hybrid listings respond to an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany that Berlin blamed on Moscow.
Unanimity is the usual hurdle for EU sanctions, and nothing in Thursday's reports suggests a holdout. If the package passes as described, the question turns to Russia's response and to whether Washington's talks with Putin loosen or harden Europe's resolve.
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