Press Release: Crimea and Sevastopol: Further EU sanctions approved

The Council of the European Union imposed on the 18 December 2014 substantial additional sanctions on investment, services and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol. This was to reinforce the EU's policy of not recognising their illegal annexation by Russia and followed a conclusion by the Foreign Affairs Council of 17 November 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on Ukraine - EU moves to sanction Ukraine separatists http://www.europeansources.info/record/council-conclusions-on-ukraine-eu-moves-to-sanction-ukraine-separatists/

EU: EEAS: Factsheet: EU - Ukraine relations, July 2014 http://www.eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2014/140514_02_en.pdf

Council of the European Union: Factsheet, 29.04.14: EU restrictive measures http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/135804.pdf

EUObserver, 18.12.14: EU's Crimea sanctions to give Putin new headache http://euobserver.com/foreign/126986

The Moscow Times, 18.12.14: EU Bans Investment in Crimea Under New Russian Sanctions http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/513580.html

Sputnik International, 18.12.14: Moscow Reserves Right to Respond to EU Sanctions Against Crimea http://sputniknews.com/politics/20141218/1015992478.html

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