{"id":1299777,"date":"2025-09-30T17:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-eu-is-planning-a-sanctions-breakthrough-what-will-they-hit-russia-with-this-time\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:33:22","slug":"the-eu-is-planning-a-sanctions-breakthrough-what-will-they-hit-russia-with-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-eu-is-planning-a-sanctions-breakthrough-what-will-they-hit-russia-with-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU is planning a sanctions breakthrough: what will they hit Russia with this time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Union is preparing another \u2014 already strengthened \u2014 package of sanctions against Russia, which will cover key areas: energy, financial services, and international trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was stated by<\/a> the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.<\/p>\n

One of the main points of the new package will be a complete ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG). The move is seen as a strategic blow to Russia’s energy sector, which has so far remained a source of foreign exchange earnings despite the restrictions.<\/p>\n

Ursula von der Leyen noted that the sanctions already in place are affecting the Russian economy. According to estimates, Russian GDP, which grew by 4.3% in 2024, could slow to 0.9% in 2025.<\/p>\n

“Our sanctions are working. But we must increase the pressure,” von der Leyen stressed.<\/p>\n

The European Commission is currently discussing the details of the new sanctions package with EU member states. It is expected that formal agreement could take place in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Recall that three European countries \u2014 France, Spain, and Belgium \u2014 spent more money on liquefied natural gas from Russia than on financial assistance to Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported, the European Commission has prepared a document proposing to change the mechanism for adopting sanctions against Russia. This involves moving from the principle of unanimity to qualified majority voting in order to avoid blocking by Hungary<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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The European Union is preparing another \u2014 already strengthened \u2014 package of sanctions against Russia, which will cover key areas: energy, financial services, and international trade. This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. One of the main points of the new package will be a complete ban on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1248007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885,76892],"class_list":["post-1299777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}