Budapest [Hungary], July 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union's new package of sanctions against Russia will target 48 people, including a Deputy Prime Minister, and nine organizations, among them Sberbank, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.

"Forty-eight more people and nine organizations will be added to the EU sanctions list, including one Russian deputy prime minister, political leaders from several regions and Sberbank," Szijjarto said in a video address, posted on his social media.

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The diplomat added that the EU plans to impose an embargo on Russian gold and put additional restrictions on procurement, deposits, audit and consulting services related to Russia. (ANI/Sputnik)

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