More than three years after Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine, on May 20, 2025, the EU adopted its 17th package of sanctions against Russia. The following are among the main measures implemented to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet, thus cutting Russian energy imports and fighting against sanctions circumvention, and to restrict Russia's access to battlefield technologies...

More than three years after Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine, on February 24, 2025, the EU adopted its 16th package of sanctions against Russia and mirroring measures against Belarus. The following are among the main measures implemented to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet, fight against sanctions circumvention and disinformation, and tighten restrictions on exports, imports, transit and services, and tackle financial loopholes...