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EU countries agreed in principle new punitive measures targeting Belarus to strengthen existing sanctions on Russia, the Belgian EU presidency announced on Wednesday. “This package will strengthen our measures in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including combating circumvention of sanctions,” the Belgian EU Presidency said in a post on X. Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU has targeted the Russian economy, institutions and officials linked to the war with multiple rounds of sanctions. As the invasion drags on, Russia has worked hard to circumvent the punitive me…