The Council of the European Union decided to extend sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2026. About this reported on the institution’s website.
The sanctions have been in effect since June 2014. They provide for a ban on the import to the EU of products originating from the occupied Crimea and Sevastopol, and also prohibit investments in infrastructure, financial projects and the provision of tourist services in these regions.
Restrictions also apply to the export to Crimean companies or for use in the occupied territory of a number of goods and technologies in the fields of transport, telecommunications, energy, as well as in the field of exploration, oil, gas and mineral resource extraction. The European Union once again emphasized that it does not recognize and continues to condemn the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia as a violation of international law.
“Starting in 2022, Russia has further violated Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by launching an unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine. The EU remains steadfast in its commitment to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and its inalienable right to self-defense against Russian aggression, and is committed to the full implementation its policy of non-recognition of the occupied territories as belonging to Russia”, – explained in the Council of the EU.
