{"id":1368888,"date":"2026-03-12T18:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/lithuania-extends-sanctions-against-russia-and-belarus-until-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:30:23","slug":"lithuania-extends-sanctions-against-russia-and-belarus-until-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/lithuania-extends-sanctions-against-russia-and-belarus-until-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania extends sanctions against Russia and Belarus until 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lithuanian<\/span> Seimas<\/span> has supported<\/span> the extension<\/span> of national<\/span> sanctions<\/span> against<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> Belarus.<\/span> The restrictions<\/span> will be in effect<\/span> until<\/span> the end<\/span> of 2027<\/span> .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> is<\/span> reported by<\/span><\/a> LRT.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The parliament<\/span> adopted<\/span> the corresponding<\/span> decision<\/span> on March<\/span> 12.<\/span> 65<\/span> deputies<\/span> voted<\/span> in<\/span> favor, no<\/span> one spoke<\/span> against<\/span> ,<\/span> and one<\/span> more<\/span> parliamentarian<\/span> abstained.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The initiative<\/span> to<\/span> extend<\/span> the sanctions<\/span> was submitted by<\/span> the Lithuanian Ministry<\/span> of Foreign<\/span> Affairs<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Among<\/span> other things,<\/span> the<\/span> document<\/span> provides for<\/span> a ban<\/span> on<\/span> the import<\/span> of fuel<\/span> from<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> Belarus<\/span> in<\/span> standard<\/span> vehicle<\/span> tanks<\/span> if<\/span> its<\/span> volume<\/span> exceeds<\/span> 200<\/span> liters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The<\/span> explanatory<\/span> note<\/span> notes<\/span> that<\/span> such<\/span> restrictions<\/span> will help<\/span> prevent<\/span> circumvention of<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> sanctions<\/span> and<\/span> indirect<\/span> support<\/span> for the regimes<\/span> in<\/span> Moscow<\/span> and<\/span> Minsk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lithuanian<\/span> government<\/span> will also<\/span> be able<\/span> to freeze<\/span> funds<\/span> and<\/span> economic<\/span> resources,<\/span> and<\/span> if<\/span> necessary,<\/span> apply<\/span> additional<\/span> sectoral<\/span> sanctions<\/span> .<\/span> This is<\/span> possible<\/span> if<\/span> EU<\/span> restrictions<\/span> against<\/span> Russia<\/span> or<\/span> Belarus<\/span> are<\/span> partially<\/span> or<\/span> fully<\/span> lifted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As previously reported, the Council of the European Union extended all existing sanctions against Belarus for another year – until February 28, 2027.<\/a><\/p>\n

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As a reminder, the European Union extended sanctions against the Russian Federation for another year – until February 24, 2027.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Lithuanian Seimas has supported the extension of national sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The restrictions will be in effect until the end of 2027 . This is reported by LRT. The parliament adopted the corresponding decision on March 12. 65 deputies voted in favor, no one spoke against , and one more parliamentarian abstained. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1069981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76892],"class_list":["post-1368888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368888","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\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1368888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1069981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1368888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1368888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}