EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia

EnergyOil & Gas ♦ Published: January 29, 2023; 22:14 ♦ (Vindobona)

The European Union is extending its economic sanctions against the Russian Federation for the aggression in Ukraine. The sanctions will be extended for a half year now.

The European Union Extends the Economic Sanctions against Russia because of its ongoing aggression in Ukraine. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Yevgen Nasadyuk (Євген Насадюк), CC BY-SA 3.0

The EU has extended the current economic sanctions against Russia for six months because of the aggression against Ukraine. According to a decision by the EU states today, the measures will now run until July 31, as the EU Council announced. The first EU punitive measures against Russia were introduced after a Malaysian plane carrying 298 people over eastern Ukraine crashed in July…