The European Union will not extend sanctions against three Russian oligarchs accused of their role in Russia’s war machine against Ukraine when current sanctions expire at the end of this week, three diplomatic sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Western governments have imposed severe economic sanctions against Moscow, including a ban on Russian oil imports, over its invasion of Ukraine last February.

These are three: Russian businessman Hryhoriy Berezkin, billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov and former head of the Russian e-commerce company Ozon Oleksandr Shulgin.

Russian military commander Georgy Shuvaev, who died last year, will also be excluded from the list of sanctions.

The EU needs the unanimity of all 27 member states of the bloc to impose sanctions, which are updated every six months. The next batch of sanctions expires on September 15.

Currently, almost 1,600 people and more than 200 organizations are on the EU sanctions list, which dates back to 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine.

According to the EU’s official sanctions list, Akhmedov is involved in Russia’s oil and gas sector, while Berezkin, who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is involved in a range of sectors including media, infrastructure and energy.

“It’s Satan”

An audio recording of an alleged phone conversation between Russian music producer Yosyp Prigozhin and billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov has rocked Russia, with the pair sharply criticizing the Kremlin leader.

“Him [Putin] he doesn’t care about anything. And he doesn’t care about people. He is Satan. Coward,” Akhmedov allegedly said about Putin, adding that “he poisoned us all. Everyone and everything. The whole country. The entire population, to hell with it.”