(euobserver.com) - The EU fears that Chinese and UAE firms could be supplying weapons components to Russia, new sanctions indicate. But the main thrust of the latest proposals was to curb sanctions circumvention by Russia and her friends. EU ambassadors will hold first talks in Brussels on Wednesday (10 May) on what will become the 11th round of Russia sanctions later this month. Belgium's Antwerp World Diamond Centre can keep on buying some €1.5bn of diamonds a year from the Kremlin-owned Alrosa company, the draft EU compromise indicated.
