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Russian singer and model Polina Gagarina came second in the Eurovision music contest in Vienna in 2015 (Photo: Polina Gagarina's website)

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Beauty queen and Russian oligarchs on draft EU blacklist

A social media star, two oligarchs, and a Kremlin associate who stole Danish breweries could feature in new EU sanctions on Russia, as talks draw to a close.

Russian "singer, actress, song writer, and model" Polina Gagarina should be blacklisted for performing at events celebrating Russia's annexation of Ukrainian regions, said an EU proposal seen by EUobserve...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Russian singer and model Polina Gagarina came second in the Eurovision music contest in Vienna in 2015 (Photo: Polina Gagarina's website)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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