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Russia’s sanctioned propaganda network Rybar freely roamed Schengen zone to shoot manipulative content

Czech journalists caught Rybar operatives posing as documentary filmmakers in Prague—they fled when confronted by reporters from Seznam Zprávy.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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$16 bn or lives of Ukrainians: Kyiv is furious after EU took two of Russia’s richest men off its sanctions list

Usmanov and Fridman were dropped over a prisoner deal and a $16bn lawsuit.

byOlena Mukhina

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EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him

Ambassadors broke up with no agreement on renewing the measures, and they have one sitting left before every restriction on the list runs out on its own.

byYuri Zoria

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Latvia resumes naming firms trading with Russia or Belarus after nearly three years

A new monthly register identifies Latvian businesses that traded goods with Russia or Belarus in July, without alleging that they violated sanctions.

byDaniel Thomas

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Berlin weighs closing the Russian House for spying, yet a federal ministry just moved in beside it

One arm of the German government reviews shutting the site while another shares a wall with it, exposing a split over how seriously the threat is taken.

byYuri Zoria

greece blocked gas ban france italy softened entry ban—now brussels tries 1600 companies helping russia's war · post russian soldiers military parade 9 2025 moscow russia kremlinru victory_day_parade_2025_at_red_square ukraine news

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Greece blocked a gas ban, France and Italy softened an entry ban—now Brussels tries 1,600 companies helping Russia’s war

Bloomberg sources says the proposed list covers firms feeding Russia's military industry, and the work stayed out of public view.

byYuri Zoria

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Euractiv: Italy and Greece win a fur pass for Russia inside the EU’s newest sanctions round

The two nations buy more Russian sable than anyone else in the bloc, and they lobbied to keep the pelts flowing while finished coats stay off-limits.

byYuri Zoria

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

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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

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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

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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

greece blocked gas ban france italy softened entry ban—now brussels tries 1600 companies helping russia's war · post 9 parade moscow 2025 youtube/kremlin grate patriotic warr shitshow ukraine news ukrainian

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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

EU sanctions

Russia’s sanctioned propaganda network Rybar freely roamed Schengen zone to shoot manipulative content

$16 bn or lives of Ukrainians: Kyiv is furious after EU took two of Russia’s richest men off its sanctions list

EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him

Latvia resumes naming firms trading with Russia or Belarus after nearly three years

Berlin weighs closing the Russian House for spying, yet a federal ministry just moved in beside it

Greece blocked a gas ban, France and Italy softened an entry ban—now Brussels tries 1,600 companies helping Russia’s war

Euractiv: Italy and Greece win a fur pass for Russia inside the EU’s newest sanctions round

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

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