The member states have (still) not reached a final agreement on the tenth sanctions package against Russia. This morning at ten o’clock, the EU ambassadors will meet once again to resolve the last point of contention – transitional periods for a ban on imports of synthetic rubber. Time is running out to implement the sanctions as announced on the anniversary of Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine. The current sanctions regime has major loopholes, as you can read in today’s Feature by Till Hoppe and Gabriel Bub.