168 Russian military industry, mining and energy sector companies have been included in the European Union (EU) blacklist.

APA reports that this was reported by TASS.

Valdis Dombrovskis, deputy head of the European Commission, confirmed the information on Twitter.

"With the sanctions, we are also expanding investment bans on Russia's energy and mining, the service sector of Russian business (advertising, market research, public opinion polls, etc.)," ​​he stressed.