EconomyPolitics The EU and Britain have imposed new sanctions on Russia, because the US refrains. Wednesday, Might 21, 2025

The EU Council has accredited its seventeenth package deal of sanctions in opposition to Russia, concentrating on practically 200 ships within the shadow fleet. In consequence, the overall variety of sanctioned vessels transporting Russian oil, weapons, and stolen Ukrainian grain has risen to 342. Along with the shadow fleet vessels, commerce restrictions have been positioned on corporations from Turkey, Serbia, Uzbekistan, and the UAE that assisted the Russians in evading sanctions. The checklist of people and authorized entities related to the Russian military-industrial advanced has additionally been expanded: They’re banned from coming into the bloc, and their property will likely be frozen. In the meantime, the EU is already engaged on its 18th package deal of sanctions.

The UK additionally imposed new sanctions in opposition to Russia, limiting 100 amenities throughout the navy, vitality, and monetary sectors, in addition to people concerned within the Kremlin’s data warfare in opposition to Ukraine. Sanctions have additionally been positioned on the provision chains that maintain Russian weapons programs, together with Iskander missiles. The restrictions embody 46 monetary establishments that help Russia in evading sanctions and 18 ships from the shadow fleet. Collaborating with its companions, London can also be striving to tighten worth restrictions on Russian oil.

US President Donald Trump, after the telephonic dialog with Putin, said that he wouldn’t intensify sanctions in opposition to Russia in order to not jeopardize negotiations with Moscow, through which he said “there’s a probability for progress.”