Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: new EU sanctions target energy revenues, the military-industrial complex, propaganda and human rights violations - consilium.europa.eu
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- EU announced new sanctions that target Russia's energy revenues, the military‑industrial complex, propaganda and human‑rights violations.
- EU also placed a Russian bishop, described as President Putin's "personal priest", on the sanctions list.
- EU added shadow‑fleet figures and judges to the sanctions regime.
- EU's sanctions are presented in the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Why it matters: The sanctions cut off revenue streams and isolate key actors in Russia’s war machine—including energy firms, military‑industrial entities, a bishop close to Putin, shadow‑fleet operators and judges—weakening Moscow’s capacity to fund its invasion, while the EU signals a coordinated punitive stance against the aggression and human‑rights violations.
