The bloc is targeting Moscow\u2019s banks, trade partners, and diplomats, Brussels\u2019 foreign policy chief has announced<\/p>\n
European Union nations have adopted their 19th package of sanctions on Russia, targeting banks, crypto exchanges, and Indian and Chinese businesses, as well as Moscow\u2019s diplomats, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced on Thursday.
\nThe passage of the new restrictions had been broadly reported as imminent by the media, which said the approved text was not subject to any changes. Moscow has repeatedly called Western attempts to put pressure on it in a bid to support Ukraine\u2019s war effort futile and self-harming.
\nThe EU passed its 18th round of sanctions in July, while work on a 20th is already underway, according to officials. Brussels\u2019 move follows fresh restrictions imposed by the US, which target Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.<\/p>\n
We just adopted our 19th sanctions package.It targets Russian banks, crypto exchanges, entities in India and China, among others.The EU is curbing Russian diplomats\u2019 movements to counter the attempts of destabilisation.It is increasingly harder for Putin to fund this war.\u2014 Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) October 23, 2025 <\/p>\n
Washington\u2019s move came after a proposal to hold a second summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump stalled. According to media reports, the White House was unhappy that the Kremlin refused to suspend hostilities with Kiev as requested by Trump, maintaining that any pause would only be used by Ukraine to reinforce its military.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/p>\n
EU paying \u2018Chanel prices\u2019 for US gas \u2013 Russia\u2019s top MP<\/p>\n
Trump has been pressuring European NATO members to hit China with sweeping trade tariffs due to its continued purchases of Russian energy. The current US administration is engaged in what the president calls a \u201ctrade war\u201d against Beijing.
\nThe EU strategy for dealing with the Ukraine conflict has been causing increasing internal rifts, with dissenting nations, including Hungary and Slovakia, urging Brussels to reconsider its approach. Those nations say a swift compromise to the conflict is required if damage to member states is to be mitigated.
\nSanctions against Russia, particularly the rejection of Russian energy, have undermined EU businesses\u2019 competitiveness, as they have had to switch to more expensive sources, such as liquified natural gas imported from the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The bloc is targeting Moscow\u2019s banks, trade partners, and diplomats, Brussels\u2019 foreign policy chief has announced European Union nations have adopted their 19th package of sanctions on Russia, targeting banks,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t