EU restrictive measures in response to the crisis in Ukraine

On the 16 March 2017, the European External Action Service published a press release which sums up the measures that the European Union have taken since March 2014 in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and deliberate destabilisation of Ukraine.

This press release classifies the decisions by category such as diplomatic measures, Individual restrictive measures, measures targeting exchanges with Russia in specific economic sectors and Measures concerning economic cooperation.
It also publishes a timeline of Council decisions regarding Ukraine

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Ukraine Takes Russia to Court http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-takes-russia-to-court/

ESO: Background information: Can the Minsk Agreement Succeed? (Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, February 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/judy-asks-can-the-minsk-agreement-succeed/

ESO: Background information: EU-Ukraine relations http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ukraine-relations-2/

ESO: Background information: Website: Eastern Partnership http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-eastern-partnership/

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 17.03.17: Declaration by the High Representative Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU on Crimea http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/03/17-hr-declaration-crimea/

ESO: Background information: The EU non-recognition policy for Crimea and Sevastopol http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eu-non-recognition-policy-for-crimea-and-sevastopol/

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