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It was also decided to remove "certain individuals from the sanctions lists within this regime".
EU ambassadors approved a decision to extend the sanctions for three years instead of six months as before, for violations of Ukraine's territorial integrity. This was announced after the meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in Brussels by the spokesman for Ireland presiding over the Council of the EU, according to Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday, 22 September.
"It is expected that after the written procedure is completed, the Council will approve the prolongation of the sanctions regime related to Ukraine's territorial integrity. Maintaining this regime has been the result of a difficult compromise. This compromise provides for extending the regime's duration by 36 months—to 22 September 2029 of the year," he said.
The spokesperson stressed that the sanctions under the regime concerning Ukraine's territorial integrity will continue to apply to almost 3 thousand individuals and entities, with the possibility being considered of adding many more to the lists.
"So far, the review and assessment of these lists have been conducted every six months; today's decision to extend the regime for 36 months increases the resilience and predictability of the EU sanctions system," the interlocutor explained.
At the same time, a decision was made to remove "certain persons from sanctions lists within this regime".
"Preservation of this regime was one of the key priorities of Ireland's presidency," he added, without naming how many people were removed or their names.
As a reminder, sanctions for violations of Ukraine's territorial integrity were introduced for the first time in 17 March 2014 and are extended every 6 months. Last time, the decision to extend the sanctions was made on 23 April 2026 of the year.
But this time, Slovakia's demand to exclude Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the lists became a problem. A majority of countries opposed this, while simultaneously proposing to change the term of application of sanctions from 6 months to 3 years. In the context of reports that corresponding decisions regarding both sanctioned Russian individuals and the duration of sanctions would be adopted, Latvia vigorously opposed, reiterating on the Ukrainian side that weakening sanctions is unacceptable.
Overall, the list includes more than 3 thousand individuals and entities. Among them are Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, and others.
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