The EU may approve a one-year extension of sanctions against Russia
The European Union is likely to depart from its traditional practice and approve a further extension of sectoral sanctions against Russia for 12 months at once, instead of the standard six.
This was reported by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Europe correspondent, Rikard Jozwiak. EU leaders are expected to reach an agreement on this as early as June 18.
According to the journalist, the change in the duration of the sanctions extension became possible because none of the European capitals, including Hungary and Slovakia, are raising objections to this move anymore. Officially, the first such one-year extension of the sanctions package is set to take place later this summer.
Source: Rikard Jozwiak in H.
The European Union is developing new mechanisms to restrict entry for certain categories of Russian citizens. Specifically, this concerns Russian military personnel who participated in the war against Ukraine.
Ukraine has imposed a new package of sanctions against Russian commanders who directed missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, as well as against ships providing military logistics support to Russia.
