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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told German newspaper Die Welt that the new measures would increase the total number of sanctioned Russian entities by a third. The package is expected to be introduced in autumn, though Kallas did not specify a date or further details."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kallas said EU sanctions have already cost Russia over €1 trillion ($1.16 trillion), depriving its war effort of funding. The most recent sanctions package, approved in July, targeted Russia’s banking sector and cryptocurrency networks. The EU has not disclosed which sectors or entities the new sanctions would cover."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left-rated outlet ran the story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned that the new sanctions would increase the number of sanctioned entities by a third, though The Star Kuala Lumpur’s full report did. 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