Imports of the commodity will be included in the new package of sanctions, an EU commissioner said The European Union will ban Russian gold as part of its seventh sanctions package and seek to “close exit routes” for those bypassing its earlier restrictions, EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday, according to the Associated Press.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) will make a decision on a possible switch from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by the end of December, according to the union’s president, Aleksandr Dyukov.

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