EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis

In response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and deliberate destabilisation of a neighbouring sovereign country (Ukraine), the EU has imposed restrictive measures against the Russian Federation in 2014.

ESO: Background information: Ukraine to pursue NATO membership / Russian 'direct aggression' concerns EU / Calls grow loud for more sanctions on Russia http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-to-pursue-nato-membership-russian-direct-aggression-concerns-eu-calls-grow-loud-for-more-sanctions-on-russia/

ESO: Background information: Papers sympathise with Swiss sanctions ‘dilemma’ on Russia http://www.europeansources.info/record/papers-sympathise-with-swiss-sanctions-dilemma-on-russia/

ESO: Background information: A European sanctions compensation fund? http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-european-sanctions-compensation-fund/

ESO: Background information: Ukraine crisis: Putin orders retaliatory sanctions http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-crisis-putin-orders-retaliatory-sanctions/

ESO: Background information: The EU’s latest sanctions against Russia: the legal basis and how they will work in practice http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eus-latest-sanctions-against-russia-the-legal-basis-and-how-they-will-work-in-practice/

ESO: Background information: EU to impose economic sanctions on Russia / EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-to-impose-economic-sanctions-on-russia-eu-restrictive-measures-in-view-of-the-situation-in-eastern-ukraine-and-the-illegal-annexation-of-crimea/

ESO: Background information: Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine - Commons Library Standard Note http://www.europeansources.info/record/sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine-commons-library-standard-note/

Sputnik International: Tag: Western Sanctions Against Russia http://sputniknews.com/trend/western_sanctions_against_russia_2014/

ESO: Key Source: Euromaidan - Protests in Ukraine 2013 - 2015 - Key source http://www.europeansources.info/record/euromaidan-protests-in-ukraine-2013-2015/

Euro|Topics: Main Focus, 02.09.14: Sanctions against Russia divide the EU http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER149684-Sanctions-against-Russia-divide-the-EU

Euro|Topics: Who's saying what: EU sanctions against Russia http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/debatten/links-2014-08-sanktionengegenrussland/

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Library: Standard Notes: SN06951: Sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, March 2015 http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn06951.pdf

Deutsche Welle, 26.07.17: From Russia to Syria and Iran: Do EU sanctions really work? http://p.dw.com/p/2h6U5

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Library: Briefing Paper, No.8284 (12.04.18): Sanctions against Russia - in brief http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8284/CBP-8284.pdf

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