The European Union extended for the year sanctions imposed due to the accession of Crimea to Russia

The European Union extended restrictive sanctions for a year, imposed due to the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia. This was reported by TASS with reference to the statement of the EU Council.

The document specifies that the sanctions are extended until June 23, 2021. On June 11, the ambassadors of the EU countries agreed to the extension of restrictive measures.

The United States and the EU countries introduced anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the accession of Crimea to Russia in 2014 and the aggravation of the situation in the southeast of Ukraine. Economic restrictions imposed by Brussels on Moscow are regularly prolonged. The EU sanctions policy includes three independent tracks: visa restrictions against Russian citizens, economic sectoral sanctions against some Russian state -owned bodies of oil, defense and financial sectors, as well as restrictive measures against Crimea.

Sanctions against Crimea include a ban on imports to the European Union of all local goods, any European investment on the territory of the peninsula, including the acquisition of real estate there, financing business, and the provision of services. European courts are prohibited from entering Crimean ports, and planes to sit at the airports of Crimea, with the exception of emergency situations. It is impossible to export goods and technologies in the field of transport, telecommunications, energy sector, oil production and oil refining, production of natural resources, it is also forbidden to provide technical services to enterprises operating in these sectors.