On the eve of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has adopted its 13th package of sanctions against Russia. This new package of measures is designed to further restrict Russia’s access to military technology.
The EU has decided to designate an additional 106 individuals and 88 entities. These include 140 companies and individuals from the Russian military-industrial complex, which, among other things, manufacture missiles, drones, anti-aircraft missile systems, military vehicles, high-tech components for weapons and other military equipment, and sell various essential components for drones.
In addition, 10 Russian companies and individuals involved in the transport of North Korean arms to Russia, the North Korean Defence Minister, Kang Sun Nam, and Belarusian companies and individuals providing support to the Russian armed forces are subject to measures.
The package also tackles the circumvention of sanctions already adopted, with the adoption of measures against a Russian logistics company and its director, involved in parallel imports of prohibited goods into Russia, as well as a third Russian actor involved in another procurement scheme.
6 judges and 10 officials from the occupied territories of Ukraine are also subject to sanctions, as are 15 individuals and 2 entities involved in the deportation and military indoctrination of Ukrainian children, including in Belarus.
In addition, the sanctions package adds 27 new Russian and third-country companies to the list of entities associated with the Russian military-industrial complex, which are subject to stricter restrictions on the export of dual-use goods and technology, as well as goods and technology that might contribute to the technological enhancement of the Russian defence and security sector. These include 17 Russian companies involved in the development, production and supply of electronic components for the Russian military-industrial complex, as well as 4 Chinese companies, 1 Kazakh company, 1 Indian company, 1 Serbian company, 1 Thai company, 1 Sri Lankan company and 1 Turkish company indirectly supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex in its war of aggression against Ukraine by trading electronic components for the Russian military-industrial complex.
In addition, this package of measures introduces new export bans on drone components, in particular electric transformers, static converters and inductors, used in particular in drones, and aluminium capacitors, which have military applications.
Finally, the new package of measures adds the United Kingdom to the list of partner countries for the ban on indirect imports of iron and steel.
See legal documents: https://aeur.eu/f/azf (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)