# Latvian PM: ‘Cherry-picking sanctions is not the way to go’

https://mins.news/en/video/70161

- euronews, 2026-09-23 07:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePPZ1zrt2kM

> Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said selective sanctions would amount to normalising Russia. He was responding to the EU’s removal of two Russian oligarchs from its sanctions list; Latvia had vehemently opposed the move until the last moment but ultimately agreed to the delisting.

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