EU Tightens Russia Sanctions After Kyiv Strikes - news

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54% : The EU listed two individuals and 24 entities connected with the oil trade, including companies based in Russia and several third countries.
45% : EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc was using the latest measures to reduce Russia's room for manoeuvre.
44% : The Council of the EU said the listings were aimed at Russia's military-industrial base, its energy revenues, hybrid activities, state propaganda and "systematic disregard for international law, including human rights.
41% : Monday's decision nevertheless signals that the EU wants sanctions to remain not only an economic instrument, but also a public record of responsibility for attacks on civilians, repression of dissent and attempts to evade accountability through global networks.
39% : The decision, taken by the Council of the EU on 15 June, came as European leaders gathered in France for the G7 summit and after another Russian attack on Ukraine that damaged the UNESCO-listed Kyiv-Pechersk
38% : It places Russia's domestic repression, surveillance practices and treatment of political opposition inside the EU's sanctions response to the war, reinforcing the bloc's view that aggression abroad and authoritarian control at home are connected.
37% : In a separate human-rights strand, the EU listed one entity and 15 individuals over their alleged involvement in the persecution, poisoning and death of Alexei Navalny.
36% : New listings target oil networks, propaganda actors and officials linked to Alexei Navalny's persecution The European Union adopted new restrictive measures against Russia on Monday, adding 34 individuals and 47 entities to sanctions lists as ministers sought to increase pressure on Moscow's war economy, shadow-fleet oil trade, propaganda networks and human-rights abuses.
30% : The EU also renewed its restrictive measures linked to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol until 23 June 2027, reaffirming that it does not recognise Moscow's claim over the territory.

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