EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion since 2022
New package would increase sanctioned Russian entities by a third, costing Russia over €1 trillion so far
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EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion since 2022
Photograph: The Star Kuala Lumpur (embedded from source)
What this story says
- The EU plans to adopt its largest sanctions expansion against Russia since the 2022 invasion, increasing sanctioned entities by a third.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said existing sanctions have cost Russia over €1 trillion ($1.16 trillion).
- The new package is expected in autumn, though Kallas did not provide specific timing or details.
- No left-rated outlet reported on the announcement, despite coverage from five centre-rated and four right-rated outlets.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
74/100
Craft
58/100
Hype
20/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The European Union intends to adopt its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine. 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.
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.
What the coverage left out
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. Only The Star Kuala Lumpur’s full report included Kallas’s statement that the pressure must keep growing until Moscow ends the war.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 17 Aug 2026, 04:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
5 rated outlets
- All five centre-rated digests led on the EU’s intention to expand sanctions in the coming months. RTÉ, WTVB, The Mighty 790 KFGO, Market Screener and Reuters each reported that Kallas had announced the new package, with four of the five including her statement that sanctions have cost Russia over €1 trillion. None of the centre-rated digests mentioned the planned one-third increase in sanctioned entities.
Right
4 rated outlets
- The four right-rated digests all led on Kallas’s announcement of the autumn sanctions package. Free Malaysia Today, Arab News, The Straits Times and The Star Kuala Lumpur each included her statement that the new measures would be the most far-reaching since the war began. The Star Kuala Lumpur’s full report quoted Kallas directly: “The pressure must keep growing until Moscow ends its war.”
- Three of the four right-rated digests carried Kallas’s €1 trillion cost estimate. The Straits Times did not. Only The Star Kuala Lumpur’s full report mentioned that the new package would increase the number of sanctioned entities by a third.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
5- EU foreign chief plans fresh sanctions against Russia (opens RTÉ in a new tab)
- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says (opens The Mighty 790 KFGO in a new tab)
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- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says (opens WTVB in a new tab)
- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says (opens Market Screener in a new tab)
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- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Right
4- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
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- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says (opens Arab News in a new tab)
- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn: Foreign chief (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
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- EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says (opens The Star Kuala Lumpur in a new tab)
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Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion…?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 56% are rated centre, 44% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion… biased?
- EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion since 2022 is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered EU foreign chief Kallas announces largest Russia sanctions expansion…?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How much have EU sanctions cost Russia so far?
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said sanctions have cost Russia over €1 trillion ($1.16 trillion), depriving its war effort of funding. The figure was reported by The Star Kuala Lumpur, Arab News, WTVB, The Mighty 790 KFGO and Market Screener, among others.
- What will the new EU sanctions package include?
- The new package is expected to increase the number of sanctioned Russian entities by a third, according to Kallas. She did not provide further details on timing or which sectors would be targeted. The Star Kuala Lumpur was the only outlet to report the one-third increase.
- Which outlets reported on the EU’s new sanctions plan?
- Five centre-rated outlets and four right-rated outlets covered the story. No left-rated outlet reported on Kallas’s announcement. The Star Kuala Lumpur published the only full report, while the others carried digests.
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