Two iconic Russian products can no longer be legally imported to Europe: vodka and caviar.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The import bans are a very small part of a fifth package of wider sanctions imposed on Russia by the bloc over its invasion of Ukraine. The new sanctions package includes a range of energy, financial and targeted sanctions against oligarchs as well as import and export bans. The EU is also sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two daughters. The sanctions are set to come into effect later Friday.

The bloc had already banned exports of EU-produced caviar to Russia, part of sanctions Brussels imposed on the sale of European luxury goods into the country. While Russia is one of the world’s best-known caviar producers, it imports a lot of the delicacy from elsewhere.

Europe is banning imports of two of Russia’s best-known specialties: caviar and vodka https://t.co/tH8b8Ikp5c

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 8, 2022

The new sanctions package also includes bans on the import of coal, wood, and chemicals. Reuters provides context:

The ban on coal, the first the EU has so far imposed on any energy import from Russia, will be fully effective from the second week of August. No new contracts can be signed from Friday.

Existing contracts will have to be terminated by the second week of August, meaning that Russia can continue to receive payments from the EU on coal exports until then. 

“These latest sanctions were adopted following the atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Bucha and other places under Russian occupation,” EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said in a statement.

“The aim of our sanctions is to stop the reckless, inhuman and aggressive behavior of the Russian troops and make clear to the decision makers in the Kremlin that their illegal aggression comes at a heavy cost,” Borrell added.

European Union countries agreed to ban coal imports from Russia, the first time the bloc’s sanctions have targeted Moscow’s crucial energy revenues.

Here's the latest updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine ⬇️ https://t.co/3HLAsBEInJ

— Bloomberg (@business) April 8, 2022

Russia’s trade partners have been abandoning the country en masse since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine in late February. “Trade from the EU to Russia has fallen by three quarters,” notes The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, the U.S. on Friday introduced an additional tranche of sanctions against Russia. NPR explains:

The State Department and U.S. Treasury are targeting two of Russia’s largest state-owned enterprises: Joint Stock Company United Shipbuilding (USC), which develops and constructs warships; Public Joint Stock Company Alrosa, a firm that the U.S. calls the world’s largest diamond mining company.

The United States is imposing blocking sanctions on two Russian state-owned enterprises. We will keep raising the cost for President Putin’s unconscionable war and atrocities against Ukraine.

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) April 8, 2022

“Our actions today, alongside the actions we have taken since the beginning of President Putin’s brutal and unjustified war in Ukraine, are designed to reinforce each other and intensify over time,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “As long as the Kremlin continues its brutal assault on Ukraine and its people, we stand united with our allies and partners in imposing additional costs on Russia.”