Since the Russian recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, and the beginning of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine, the EU has reacted with three packages of restrictive measures.The first package includes:

  • targeted restrictive measures
  • restrictions on economic relations with the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
  • financial restrictions

The second package includes:

  • individual sanctions against Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov and the members of the Russian State Duma, among others
  • economic sanctions

The third package includes:

  • provisions of equipment and supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces through the European Peace Facility
  • a ban on overflight of EU airspace and on access to EU airports by Russian carriers of all kinds
  • a ban on the transactions with the Russian Central Bank
  • a SWIFT ban for seven Russian banks
  • the suspension of broadcasting in the EU of state-owned media Russia Today and Sputnik
  • individual and economic sanctions against Belarus

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