EU ambassadors approved the bloc's 21st sanctions package against Russia on July 23, its largest in four years with 218 listings, after granting Greece a renewable one-year exemption allowing EU companies to continue shipping Russian liquefied natural gas to third countries, Reuters reported the same day. The package designates 94 financial institutions and Moscow's stock exchange, disconnects 32 banks from SWIFT, freezes the oil price cap at $44.10 per barrel for 12 months and blacklists over 40 additional "shadow fleet" vessels.