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Kulevi Oil Refinery in Georgia. Photo: Black Sea Petroleum

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EU sanctions Georgia’s only oil refinery over processing Russian crude. Company says it will switch suppliers

Brussels has imposed sanctions on Georgia's only oil refinery for processing Russian crude, expanding efforts to curb Moscow's energy revenues while giving the company six months before the restrictions take effect.

byBenjamin Murdoch

eu adopts largest sanctions package russia 218 names 100+ banks crypto platforms among those list · post flags member states ukraine well flag fly front parliament strasbourg eastnewsua news ukrainian

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EU adopts largest sanctions package on Russia: 218 names and 100+ banks and crypto platforms among those on the list

Banks, refineries, drone parts, crypto exchanges: the bloc's 21st sanctions package reaches further into Russia's economy than any round before it.

byYuri Zoria

baltic nation boosts security dam gas storage facility due russian threat · post andris kulbergs 2023 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Baltic nation boosts security at dam, gas storage facility due to Russian threat

Latvia's Prime Minister named a gas facility and the dam upstream of the capital as the sites now under heavier guard.

byYuri Zoria

one greek company keeps russia's arctic gas moving—and athens won't let eu touch · post greece-based dynagas ltd's lng carrier yenisei river named after russia dynagaspartnerscom yenisei_river_big greece blocking european

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One Greek company keeps Russia’s Arctic gas moving—and Athens won’t let the EU touch it

Dynagas has carried more than 10 million tons of Russian LNG since 2025 across 144 voyages.

byYuri Zoria

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Two months in office, three blows to Ukraine: Bulgaria’s premier stacks Coalition of the Willing exit on aid freeze and sanctions blocks

Since May, Radev has stopped state military aid, defended two prominent Russians from EU blacklists, and now removed Bulgaria from the group backing Kyiv against Russian aggression.

byYuri Zoria

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Olenivka officials and Taganrog jail land on EU sanctions list for abuse of Ukrainian prisoners

Brussels adopted the listings under two human-rights regimes, targeting the command chains of detention facilities in occupied Ukraine and inside Russia.

byYuri Zoria

Russians demonstrating in the Immortal Regiment march in Paris, with banners unfurled, 9 May 2025

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France pivots on visas for Russians, shutting application shortcuts as EU crackdown spreads

Paris reverses course months after posting the EU's steepest rise in Russian visa issuance.

byDaniel Thomas

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What Moscow does to foreign embassies, Latvia will now do to Russia’s

PM Braže said Russian services routinely screen people entering other countries' diplomatic buildings in the Russian capital.

byYuri Zoria

trade banks energy crypto—the eu keeps its full russia economic sanctions wall standing 2027 · post flags member states headquarters council european union brussels belgium 17 2025 getty images/thierry monasse

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Trade, banks, energy, crypto—the EU keeps its full Russia economic sanctions wall standing to 2027

The Council also held open the door to a 21st package still being negotiated.

byYuri Zoria

russia's former soldiers face locked eu border—if france italy stop balking · post 9 parade moscow 2025 youtube/kremlin grate patriotic warr shitshow two european union's biggest members slowing plan bar

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Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking

The two governments worry the measure could open the door to keeping every Russian out, sources told Bloomberg.

byYuri Zoria

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Europe weighs freezing Russia’s oil price cap as the Iran war threatens to loosen it

Brussels could override the automatic formula that would otherwise let the ceiling jump from $44.10 to at least $65 a barrel in July, Bloomberg says.

byYuri Zoria

eu's 21st russia sanctions package target shadow fleet banks firms selling stolen ukrainian grain—politico · post russian vessel deyna boarded french navy forces mediterranean 20 2026 hd2nuouxmaa-5_h ukraine news reports

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EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package will target the shadow fleet, banks, and firms selling stolen Ukrainian grain—Politico

Brussels expects the package in late June or early July, EU officials told Politico, with Hungary's change of government unlocking measures previously blocked under Viktor Orbán, including sanctions on Patriarch Kirill.

byYuri Zoria

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As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive

Moscow plays divide and conquer, testing allies as fuel shortages bite

byIgor Kossov

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“In any normal country” buying stolen goods is a crime, Zelenskyy says — Ukraine readies sanctions over Russian-stolen grain unloaded in Israel

Ukraine's sanctions package will cover transporters and individuals and entities profiting from the scheme, according to the President.

byYuri Zoria

The main building of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia (Image: A.Savin via Wikimedia Commons)

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Mikhail Piotrovsky runs Russia’s Hermitage Museum. EU just sanctioned him for legitimizing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine

Russia steals children. Russia steals history.

byOlena Mukhina

20th sanctions package EU Russia EU loan shadow fleet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European Council President António Costa meeting in Cyprus, 23 April 2026. Screenshot from video: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram

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EU’s 20th sanctions package hits 20 Russian banks, 46 shadow fleet tankers, and crypto platforms

Shadow fleet total hits 632 ships; new measures cover oil transport, Russian banks, crypto platforms, and re-exports via Kyrgyzstan.

byBenjamin Murdoch

slovakia held eu sanctions russia hostage druzhba pipeline ukraine just turned tap back · post runs through refineries hungary u31f6-druzhba- pipeline-funnels-russian-oil-to-hungary-and-slovakia- (1)1 news ukrainian reports

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Slovakia held EU sanctions on Russia hostage to Druzhba pipeline. Ukraine just turned the tap back on

Slovak FM Blanár had stated the previous day that Bratislava would not block the 20th EU sanctions package against Russia once deliveries resumed. Russian oil is expected to reach Slovakia tomorrow.

byYuri Zoria

pro-russian fico complains latvia lithuania blocked flight moscow putin's 9 parade · post slovak prime minister robert meets russian president vladimir putin 2025 alexey nikolskiy/ria novosti last met has presented

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Pro-Russian Fico complains Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Moscow for Putin’s 9 May parade (updated)

Slovakia's PM promises to find another route to Russia, and promises to block the EU's sanctions against Russia.

byYuri Zoria

sweden finds 12 km oil slick east gotland — boards sanctioned shadow fleet tanker · post swedish coast guard police vessels boarding flora 1 baltic sea 3 2026 bordning av

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Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker

The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.

byYuri Zoria

szijjártó told lavrov he'd removed 72 russian entities eu sanctions — asked russia help find arguments removing more investigation reveals · post foreign minister sergei pins order friendship hungarian péter

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Szijjártó told Russia’s deputy minister he’d removed 72 entities from EU sanctions — then asked Moscow to write his arguments for removing more

The detail, buried in leaked transcripts from a call with Russia's deputy energy minister, reveals the full scope of Hungary's collusion: not just delisting oligarchs on request, but seeking Kremlin-authored justifications for Budapest's own EU lobbying.

byYuri Zoria

EU sanctions

EU sanctions Georgia’s only oil refinery over processing Russian crude. Company says it will switch suppliers

EU adopts largest sanctions package on Russia: 218 names and 100+ banks and crypto platforms among those on the list

Baltic nation boosts security at dam, gas storage facility due to Russian threat

One Greek company keeps Russia’s Arctic gas moving—and Athens won’t let the EU touch it

Two months in office, three blows to Ukraine: Bulgaria’s premier stacks Coalition of the Willing exit on aid freeze and sanctions blocks

Olenivka officials and Taganrog jail land on EU sanctions list for abuse of Ukrainian prisoners

France pivots on visas for Russians, shutting application shortcuts as EU crackdown spreads

What Moscow does to foreign embassies, Latvia will now do to Russia’s

Trade, banks, energy, crypto—the EU keeps its full Russia economic sanctions wall standing to 2027

Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking

Europe weighs freezing Russia’s oil price cap as the Iran war threatens to loosen it

EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package will target the shadow fleet, banks, and firms selling stolen Ukrainian grain—Politico

As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive

“In any normal country” buying stolen goods is a crime, Zelenskyy says — Ukraine readies sanctions over Russian-stolen grain unloaded in Israel

Mikhail Piotrovsky runs Russia’s Hermitage Museum. EU just sanctioned him for legitimizing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine

EU’s 20th sanctions package hits 20 Russian banks, 46 shadow fleet tankers, and crypto platforms

Slovakia held EU sanctions on Russia hostage to Druzhba pipeline. Ukraine just turned the tap back on

Pro-Russian Fico complains Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Moscow for Putin’s 9 May parade (updated)

Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker

Szijjártó told Russia’s deputy minister he’d removed 72 entities from EU sanctions — then asked Moscow to write his arguments for removing more

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