EU countries are preparing to help their companies to exit Russia, amid a growing risk they will be taxed to fund Russian president Vladimir Putin's war.
Proposals for the 11th round of Russia sanctions, seen by EUobserver, include special new permits for financial transactions and legal services designed to help European companies to get out.
The EU has imposed an asset-freeze on more than 1,600 Russian individuals and entities since the war began.
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