VILNIUS, October 12. /TASS/. The European Union has added 743 Russian individuals and 826 entities to its sanctions list, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna announced.

"The sanctions list has been expanded to include 743 individuals and 826 entities," he was quoted as saying by the Estonian ministry.

Separately, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said on its X social media page that 77 people had been blacklisted for their participation in the State Duma elections in Donbass and Novorossiya.

European diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas said earlier that the European Union had approved the 22nd package of sanctions against Moscow as it added about 1,600 companies and individuals allegedly associated with the Russian defense industry to the sanctions list.