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EU will not ban Russian diamonds in latest sanction package - Al Jazeera
The EU says it will continue to import diamonds from Russia, despite announcing its eighth round of sanctions on Moscow.
Diamonds are not part of those measures, even though there is mounting pressure from some member states.
Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Antwerp in Belgium, which is a hub of the diamond industry.