OREANDA-NEWS The EU has excluded from the anti-Russian sanctions lists the ex-head of Yandex Arkady Volozh, the vice-president of AFK Sistema Sergey Mndoyants and the head of the Night Wolves club Josef Gambalek, according to a document published in the official journal of the EU.

The document says that "commemorations of these persons are removed" from the sanctions lists, and "the decision comes into force the day after publication."

On Tuesday, the EU Council extended the current personal restrictions on individuals and organizations for six months until September 15 for allegedly undermining Ukraine's sovereignty. It was pointed out that "as part of the review of sanctions, the EU Council also decided not to renew sanctions against three individuals and exclude nine deceased defendants from the lists." At the same time, sanctions are still applied to more than 2,100 individuals and legal entities.