The decision of EU Council on the prolongation of individual sanctions against citizens and legal entities of RF and Ukraine for half a year comes into effect on Wednesday, March 15, RIA News reports quoting the press office of EU Council.
On Monday, the EU Council prolonged restrictive measures against citizens and legal entities of RF and Ukraine, which EU considers responsible for “undermining the territorial integrity” of Ukraine. The sanctions are prolonged for six months until 15 September 2017.
Two deceased persons were removed from the sanction list, and now it includes 150 individuals and 37 organizations. The relevant resolution of EU Council was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Tuesday.
After the occupation of the Crimea by Russia in 2014, EU imposed individual sanctions, aimed at “countering threats to the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine”, which were already repeatedly prolonged.
