i've heard that france is adding more sanctions to russia. >> reporter: that's right. so the european finance ministers actually met this morning and approved a new round of sanctions against russia. it will target more than 600 russian oligarchs, lobbyists, people influential over the kremlin according to the french finance minister and it will revoke most favored status from russia, imposing new trade restrictions between the e.u. and russia. it will ban the export of luxury goods. and it will also restrict the import of certain materials in the steel sector from russia into the european union. finally, importantly, it will also ban new investments by the european union in russia's energy sector. obviously a very strong move there because they recognize that the energy sector inside russia is among the most