Sentence examples for expanded sanctions from inspiring English sources

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Alyaksandr Lukashenka expelled the Polish ambassador and the head of the EU mission to protest the expanded sanctions.

With the European Union expected to adopt expanded sanctions this week, Putin painted sanctions as unjustified and ineffective.

Separately, European Union foreign ministers also expanded sanctions against Iran by placing restrictions on more than 100 companies or entities linked to the country's nuclear program.

Under the expanded sanctions, the Treasury Department in Washington blacklisted four companies and one person, and the European Union blacklisted 18 companies and one person.

The expanded sanctions are being imposed as the US and China are in delicate negotiations over a UN security council resolution on new sanctions.

The US responded by expanding sanctions designed to cut off funds to the regime's elite.

American senators are pushing to expand sanctions against Congolese officials who undermine democracy, driving the rift between Congo and the United States a little wider each day.

In its statement last night, the security council demanded an end to North Korean missile tests and said it would expand sanctions against the reclusive communist nation.

It would also attempt to close off North Korea's illicit trade networks, by interdicting ships, expanding sanctions against Chinese companies, and freezing the assets of individual leaders.

Amnesty International, the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe and other international rights groups have urged Mr. Lukashenko to reconsider the case, and the European Union has said it would consider expanding sanctions against Belarus in response.