“Of course, yes,” RIA Novosti quotes his answer to the question about the start of work on the seventh package of sanctions.

Yablonsky expressed hope that the sanctions would affect gas supplies from Russia and disconnect a number of Russian banks from SWIFT.

On June 3, the European Union finally approved the sixth package of sanctions against Russia.

The new sanctions package provides for the disconnection of Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Moscow Credit Bank from SWIFT, as well as a partial and gradual waiver of oil imports from Russia.