{"id":74761,"date":"2017-06-19T16:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=57673"},"modified":"2017-06-24T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T08:51:11","slug":"57673-eu-extends-sanctions-russia-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/57673-eu-extends-sanctions-russia-year","title":{"rendered":"The EU extends sanctions against Russia for a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"align-none \">\n<div class=\"free-text none \">\n<p>On 19 June 2017, the Council of the EU extended the restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia until 23 June 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"align-none \">\n<div class=\"free-text none \">\n<p>The measures apply to EU persons and EU based companies. They are limited to the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol. The sanctions include\u00a0<b>prohibitions on<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>imports of products\u00a0<\/b> originating in Crimea or Sevastopol into the EU;<\/li>\n<li><b>investment<\/b>\u00a0in Crimea or Sevastopol, meaning that no Europeans nor EU-based companies can buy real estate or entities in Crimea, finance Crimean companies or supply related services;<\/li>\n<li><b>tourism services<\/b>\u00a0in Crimea or Sevastopol, in particular, European cruise ships cannot call at ports in the Crimean peninsula, except in case of emergency;<\/li>\n<li><b>exports of certain goods and technologies<\/b>\u00a0to Crimean companies or for use in Crimea in the\u00a0<b>transport, telecommunications and energy sectors<\/b>\u00a0and related to the prospection, exploration and production of\u00a0<b>oil, gas and mineral resources<\/b>. Technical assistance, brokering, construction or engineering services related to infrastructure in these sectors must not be provided either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As stated in the declaration by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on behalf of the EU on 17 March 2017, the EU continues to condemn the\u00a0<b>illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol<\/b>\u00a0by the Russian Federation and remains committed to fully implement its\u00a0<b>non-recognition policy<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Original text of press-release is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2017\/06\/19-crimea-sevastopol-eu-extends-sanctions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"mace-gallery-teaser\"\n\tid=\"mace-gallery-74761-1\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery-title=\"\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:74763,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;CvT3IkfWAAABOsF&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/CvT3IkfWAAABOsF-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/CvT3IkfWAAABOsF.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/CvT3IkfWAAABOsF.jpg&quot;}]\"\n\tdata-g1-share-shortlink=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/57673-eu-extends-sanctions-russia-year#mace-gallery-74761-1\"\n\t>\n\t<a class=\"mace-gallery-teaser-poster\">\n\t\t<img width=\"557\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CvT3IkfWAAABOsF.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bimber-grid-standard-2x size-bimber-grid-standard-2x\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CvT3IkfWAAABOsF.jpg 557w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CvT3IkfWAAABOsF-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/>\t\t<span class=\"mace-gallery-teaser-button\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-epsilon g1-epsilon-1st mace-gallery-teaser-button-text\">View Gallery<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-meta mace-gallery-teaser-button-counter\">\n\t\t\t\t1 image\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 19 June 2017, the Council of the EU extended the restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia until 23 June 2018. 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