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The restrictive measures introduced in 2014 in relation to Russia’s destabilizing actions against Ukraine will remain in effect until March 15, 2021, when the EU Council made such a decision.
Four more countries have joined the EU sanctions against Russia for the aggression against Ukraine. They will be valid until March 15, 2021. About this November 20 reported by the press service of the Council of Europe.
The countries, candidates for accession to the European Union, Montenegro and Albania joined the sanctions against Russia. In addition, sanctions against the Russian Federation were supported by the European Free Trade Association countries Liechtenstein and Norway, which are members of the European Economic Area.
“They will ensure that their national policies are in line with this decision of the Council of Europe. The European Union takes this commitment into account and welcomes it,” the statement said.
Personal sanctions were introduced against 41 individuals and 28 organizations, according to the statement.
These restrictive measures were first introduced on March 17, 2014.
Several EU sanctions packages are in effect against Russia for invading the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Ukraine. These include individual sanctions against individuals and business entities (four countries have joined them), a ban on economic relations with Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as restrictive measures against certain sectors of the Russian economy.
Russia annexed Crimea after illegal referendum, which took place on March 16, 2014… Ukraine and most countries of the world do not recognize the accession of the peninsula to the Russian Federation. At the moment, there is a checkpoint regime between mainland Ukraine and Crimea, and Kiev does not de facto control the peninsula.
Immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the one hand, and the Russian army and the Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, on the other. The Russian Federation does not officially recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
