The untouchable Gazprom.

The European Commission has prepared new sanctions against Russia, which will be announced on Friday. According to the FT "Gazprom" ehas scaped the list again, although it was previously assumed that the restrictions will be imposed on all Russian state-owned companies, RBK daily states.

The European Commission has been developing a new package of sanctions against Russia and gave the documents to the European Council, which is composed of the leaders - members of the European Union, the press-service of the European Commission stated on Wednesday. These proposals are added to those that were taken on July 31st, and related to the access to capital markets and technologies, as well as the export of defense production and dual-use goods. Yesterday Federica Mogerini, the head of the EU diplomacy, stated that a new package of anti-Russian sanctions could be approved on Friday.