European Union countries reached a deal on a ninth round of sanctions at an EU leaders summit in Brussels on Thursday, together with a string of other deals closed after a turbulent year. The new EU sanctions on Russia are to include punitive measures against Russian banks, additional trade restrictions and are expected to add around 200 names to the list of targeted persons. The negotiations for the latest package of sanctions were dominated by disagreements on whether the current measures could possibly prevent the export of Russian agricultural products and fertilisers to developing and eme…