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EU adds 13 people, 2 firms to Ukraine list

By Raf Casert

Published May 13, 2014 3:08am ET

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EU adds 13 people, 2 firms to Ukraine list — Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil, second right, talks with Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Sakari Tuomioja, left, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir, second left, and Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean during an EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels Monday, May 12, 2014. EU foreign ministers discuss the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) | Yves Logghe

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers added 13 people Monday to their visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine’s crisis but are not expected to decide whether to impose tough economic measures on Russia before Ukraine’s May 25 elections, officials said.

The 28 EU ministers also said in a statement that two firms in Russia-annexed Crimea would be hit with asset freezes later Monday.

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