Legal Framework of EU Restrictive Measures and Their Imposition in Response to the Actions of the Russian Federation
Journal: De Jure
Year: 2023

Restrictive measures (also called “sanctions”) are an essential tool of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. They are imposed to induce a change in the policy or actions of their object – a state, part of a state, government, entity, or individual(s) in either a personal or official capacity. Since March 2014, the EU has imposed more and more restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine,