The EU postpones the 20th package of sanctions against russia until at least January

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The adoption of the 20th package of EU sanctions against russia is expected after the New Year holidays

27 Nov 2025

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The European Commission is preparing a draft law on the use of frozen russian assets

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The EU will present a legislative proposal that will allow the use of frozen russian assets to provide Ukraine with a loan

26 Nov 2025

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The EU is working on a “plan B” in case the reparations loan to Ukraine fails

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European countries are developing a ‘plan B’ to ensure that Ukraine does not remain without funding at the beginning of 2026

26 Nov 2025

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The EU is outraged by the points of the US ‘peace plan’ regarding the use of russian assets

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European officials are privately outraged that the US ‘peace plan’ proposals to use russian assets for Ukraine's benefit threaten their negotiations in this direction

21 Nov 2025

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The EU has imposed sanctions on russians involved in the torture and death of Ukrainians in captivity

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The Council of the EU has imposed sanctions against 10 russians

20 Nov 2025

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EU considers new sanctions against russian shadow fleet

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The EU is considering imposing additional sanctions on those who allow russia to use its shadow tanker fleet

20 Nov 2025

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Europol tightens the net on EU sanctions evasion

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Europol has established a ‘Target Group Sanctions’, a new team within its European Financial and Economic Crime Centre

20 Nov 2025

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The EU has appointed a coordinator to combat the ‘shadow fleet’

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The EU considers the ‘shadow fleet’ to be one of russia's most important sources of income and is stepping up measures to combat it

18 Nov 2025

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The EU will raise €90 billion in grants for Ukraine if the ‘reparation loans’ fail

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The EU is considering providing Kyiv with non-repayable grants on a bilateral basis from EU countries in the amount of €45 billion annually

17 Nov 2025

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The EU has allocated nearly €6 billion to Ukraine

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The EU has provided Ukraine with another tranche of direct budgetary assistance amounting to almost €6 billion

13 Nov 2025

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The EU is preparing alternatives to ‘reparation loans’ to Ukraine due to Belgium's position

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As an alternative to a ‘reparations loan,’ the EU is considering joint loans from EU countries and bilateral lending to meet Ukraine's financial needs for 2026-2027

10 Nov 2025

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The EU has begun preparing a 20th package of sanctions against russia

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The EU has begun work on a new 20th package of sanctions against russia

08 Nov 2025

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The EU has banned russians from obtaining Schengen multi-entry visas

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russian citizens will not be able to obtain multiple-entry Schengen visas. Every time russians plan a trip to EU countries, they will have to submit a new visa application

07 Nov 2025

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The EU must provide a reliable financial plan for Ukraine so that the IMF unblocks a new aid package

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The EU must provide a reliable financial plan for Ukraine so that the IMF can unblock a new $8 billion aid package

06 Nov 2025

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European Parliament to call for sanctions against Hungary

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The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee has adopted a second interim report on the Article 7 procedure initiated by the European Parliament in 2018 against Hungary

05 Nov 2025

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The EU proposes to strip Slovakia of its voting rights due to constitutional changes

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The Dutch government is considering initiating proceedings under Article 7 of the EU Treaty against Slovakia

30 Oct 2025

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The EU is ready to extend sanctions against Belarus for violating Lithuanian airspace

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Kaja Kallas threatened Belarus with new sanctions after incidents involving weather balloons that violated Lithuanian airspace

29 Oct 2025

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The EU is seeking a ‘plan B’ for financing Ukraine due to Belgium's reluctance to use frozen russian assets

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EU countries will be forced to raise tens of billions of euros in joint debt to support Ukraine if Belgium does not agree to the use of frozen russian assets

27 Oct 2025

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The EU is considering how to obtain exemptions for certain Lukoil assets in Europe following US sanctions

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The European Commission is exploring the possibility of obtaining temporary licences or mechanisms to ‘soften’ US sanctions for certain assets of russian oil company Lukoil

24 Oct 2025

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The EU has not made a final decision on the use of russian assets for Ukraine

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Leaders of the EU postponed a decision on the use of frozen russian assets in favour of Ukraine following discussions at the summit in Brussels on 23 October

23 Oct 2025

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The EU has imposed sanctions on the rector of a russian university that teaches how to circumvent sanctions

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The EU has included the rector of the russian Higher School of Economics, where a course on sanctions compliance has been added to the curriculum, in its 19th package of sanctio…

23 Oct 2025

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The EU has promised to finance Ukraine until 2027 using frozen russian assets

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the EU has confirmed its readiness to provide financial support to Ukraine during 2026–2027

23 Oct 2025

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The EU has finally approved the 19th package of sanctions against russia

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On the morning of 23 October, the EU finally approved the 19th package of sanctions against russia by written procedure

23 Oct 2025

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EU Council approves move to phase out russian gas by 2028

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The Council of the EU approved the RePowerEU plan by an overwhelming majority, which provides for the European Union's complete abandonment of russian fossil fuels

20 Oct 2025

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25 EU countries will participate in the tribunal on russia's crimes of aggression against Ukraine

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Kaya Callas reported that 25 of the 27 EU countries have agreed to participate in a special tribunal to consider russia's crimes of aggression against Ukraine

20 Oct 2025

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The EU proposes buying weapons in the US for Ukraine using frozen russian assets

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The EU has proposed allocating part of the ‘reparations loan’ for Ukraine to purchase American weapons

17 Oct 2025

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Brussels wants to grab another €25B from frozen russian assets for Ukraine

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The bloc already has its eyes on €140 billion in Moscow’s frozen assets, but the European Commission is tempted to take additional funds from private bank accounts

17 Oct 2025

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The European Parliament condemned russian provocations and called for strengthened defense and sanctions

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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution strongly condemning russia's "escalating actions" against the security and infrastructure of EU member states

09 Oct 2025

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The EU has once again failed to adopt the 19th package of sanctions against russia. Slovakia and Austria blocked the decision

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Austria and Slovakia blocked the adoption of the 19th package of EU sanctions against russia

09 Oct 2025

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The document on the EU’s rejection of russian gas and oil is set to be approved on October 20

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On October 8, EU ambassadors agreed to forward the document on phasing out russian oil and gas by 2028 to their ministers. The corresponding law is set to be approved on October…

08 Oct 2025

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