Feb 24, 2025 · EU sanctions remain at the core of the EU's response to Russia's unjustified military aggression against Ukraine, as they degrade Russia's military and technological capability, deprive the Kremlin from the revenues it uses to finance the war, and impose ever higher costs on Russia's economy.

According to the European Commission, since February 2022, the EU has banned over €48 billion in goods that would have been exported to Russia and €91.2 billion in goods that would have been imported from Russia.

Feb 24, 2025 · The EU has the ability to prohibit transactions with financial institutions that use the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) of the Central Bank of Russia to increase Russia's resilience and circumvent our sanctions.

Dec 16, 2024 · The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 15th sanctions package against Russia. The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia's shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions' circumvention.

The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 16th Russia sanctions package.

On this page, learn more about the massive and unprecedented EU sanctions against Russia. The EU has so far imposed 15 packages of massive and unprecedented sanctions on Russia in response to the latter’s aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and the illegal annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Jun 24, 2024 · The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package responds to the needs and findings on the ground, and tackles enforcement issues. EU adopts 14th package of sanctions against Russia for its continued illegal war against Ukraine, strengthening enforcement and anti-circumvention ...

Dec 16, 2022 · The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a ninth package of hard-hitting sanctions against Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. ... Four additional Russian channels have been sanctioned in the EU. Cutting Russia's access to drones: The direct exports of drone engines to Russia is now restricted, as is the export to any non-EU ...

Russia–European Union relations are the international relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia. [1] Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland; the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is surrounded by EU members.

In response to Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine, the EU has put in place unprecedented sanctions designed to. reduce the Kremlin’s ability to finance the war; impose clear economic and political costs on Russia’s political elite; diminish Russia’s economic base