EU adopts 3rd package of sanctions against Russia for its continued illegal war against Ukraine

The Council adopted the following restrictive measures:

• Exclude key Russian banks from the SWIFT system, the world's dominant financial messaging system. This measure will stop these banks from conducting their financial transactions worldwide in a fast and efficient manner. This decision was closely coordinated with the EU's international partners, such as the United States and the United Kingdom
   
• Prohibit investing in projects co-financed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund
   
• Prohibit the provision of euro-denominated banknotes to Russia
   
• Prohibit state-owned media Russia Today and Sputnik from broadcasting in the EU
   
• Restrictions on trade against Belarus and add 22 members of the Belarusian military personnel to the list of sanctioned people and organisations. With these additions, the list comprises a total of 702 individuals and 53 organisations

Related documents

• Commission press release of 2 March 2022 on SWIFT and further restrictive measures
• Council press release of 2 March 2022 on SWIFT and further restrictive measures
• Council press release of 2 March 2022 on BelarusSanctions adopted on 2 March 2022 on SWIFT published in the Official Journal
• Sanctions adopted on 2 March 2022 on Belarus published in the Official Journal

The Council adopted the following restrictive measures:

• A ban on transactions with the Russian Central Bank, aiming at preventing the Russian Central Bank from accessing its large amounts of foreign reserves held in the EU
   
• A ban on the overflight of EU airspace and on access to EU airports by Russian carriers of all kinds
   
• Add 26 individuals and 1 organisation to the list of sanctioned people and organisations. With these additions, the list comprises a total of 680 individuals and 53 organisations

Related documents

• Council press release of 28 February 2022
• Sanctions adopted on 28 February 2022 on transactions with the Russian Central Bank and measures on airspace published in the Official JournalSanctions adopted on 28 February 2022 on the list of sanctioned persons and organisations published in the Official Journal