Sanctions

B4Ukraine: 2024 Іs the Year to Defund Russia’s War: The West Holds the Key

Two years after the start of Russia’s all-out war on its sovereign neighbor, Ukraine is still resisting as Russian attacks continue to destroy infrastructure and...

Ukrainian Centre for European Policy: Recommendations for Belgium’s Presidency in the Council of the European Union

Ukrainian expectations Belgium will take over the presidency in the Council of the EU during the period when Ukraine may embark on accession negotiations with...

International Partnership on Human Rights and Global Diligence: Proposal for EU’s 12th Package of Sanctions

This paper argues for three specific actions that would improve the effectiveness of EU restrictive measures against Russia: Progressively trigger the third-party circumvention tool introduced...

B4Ukraine: Civil Society Recommendations on Strengthening the Existing Sanctions Regime on Russia Ahead of the Eu’s 12th Sanctions Package

In the past 18 months the EU and its allies have imposed unprecedented sanctions to curb Russia’s ability to pursue its war in Ukraine. Broad...

Earthsight: The Belarusian Furniture Industry Is the Backbone of Lukashenko’s Regime. So Why Hasn’t the EU Sanctioned It Yet?

Despite voluntary action by companies after the Ukraine invasion and partial sanctions on wood exports following it, Earthsight has found that Belarus-EU furniture exports are...

Andrius Kubilius: On Oil And Gas Sanctions (non paper). Updated September 2023

Read the non-paper On Oil And Gas Sanctions A year ago, after Russia began its war against Ukraine, the West began imposing sanctions on the...

Razumkov Centre: About (economic) solidarity of “fraternal nations”

By Vasyl Yurchyshyn.  Imposition of sanctions on Russia (to reduce its ability to continue and expand aggression) was an important component of the economic policy...

RUSI: Developing Bad Habits: What Russia Might Learn from Iran’s Sanctions Evasion

By Tom Keatinge.  Executive Summary   As Western nations and their allies across the globe impose a growing raft of sanctions on the Russian economy,...

CEPA: Time to End Russia’s Black Sea Piracy

By Kurt Volker. Russia’s unilateral Black Sea blockade violates freedom of navigation, threatens global food supplies, and is costing Ukraine and the West billions. It...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Action Plan 2.0 on Strengthening Sanctions Against the Russian Federation (Paper #11)

This paper – Action Plan 2.0 – outlines a roadmap for sanctions policy development and new actions in 2023. Similar to last year, we will...

CREA: Why Russia has strong incentives to keep supplying oil with a $30 price cap

By Meri Pukarinen, Europe-Russia policy officer at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Russia continues its atrocities in Ukraine, including targeting civilians...

Vlad Gheorghe: Austria opened the door to Russia at an OSCE meeting in Vienna. Ukraine will boycott. We must react

Once again, Austria put the integrity and solidarity of the European Union under duress. Late last year, its government did so by arbitrarily denying access...

U4U discussion: EU sanctions on Russian fossil fuels: strengthening enforcement and closing loopholes

United for Ukraine Network (U4U) organized an expert panel discussion on “EU sanctions on Russian fossil fuels: strengthening enforcement and closing loopholes”. The discussion took...

Foreign Affairs: The Sanctions on Russia Are Working

By Vladimir Milov. There is a widespread belief that Western sanctions on Russia have fallen flat. Proponents of this theory point to macroeconomic indicators suggesting...

Briefing for U4U Network “Russian aggression: war crimes, accountability and sanctions policy towards the aggressor-state”

17 October 2022, 17:30-19:00 CET, Strasbourg RUSSIAN AGGRESSION: WAR CRIMES, ACCOUNTABILITY AND SANCTIONS POLICY TOWARDS THE AGGRESSOR-STATE Moderator: Mr Andrius KUBILIUS, MEP, U4U Coordinator Part...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Working Group Paper #6 “Why and How to Confiscate Russia’s Sovereign Assets to Help Rebuild Ukraine”

The principle is clear: Russia ought to pay substantial reparations to Ukraine after this horrific and senseless war. The moral and practical answer is clear....

GLOBSEC: Sanctions and Active Financial Measures – Another Front of the War against Ukraine

By Juraj Kuruc. There is nothing novel about economic sanctions nor the use of “soft power” as a propaganda tool. The novelty in the West’s...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Working Group Paper #5 “The Case for Designating the Russian Federation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism”

The Action Plan on Strengthening Sanctions against the Russian Federation outlined a comprehensive list of sanctions in many sectors as well as on a wide...

Natia Seskuria: Why the EU Should Ban Russian Tourists

Natia Seskuria for Foreign Policy. A visa ban won’t have the same impact as military aid to Kyiv, but it would send a strong message...

DiXi group: Proposals on enhancing the sanctions regime in response to the Russian military aggression against Ukraine (energy sector)

Energy revenues play a vital role for Russia in financing the war it has waged in Ukraine. Despite introducing an unprecedented amount of sanctions, which...

B4Ukraine: 200 days into Russia’s war on Ukraine: international businesses continue to fund it

Three-quarters of top-earning multinationals remain in Russia, even after 200 days of Russian aggression, war crimes, and mass atrocities against civilians in Ukraine. To date,...

U4U letter to Ali Ehassi, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the House of Commons of Canada

On August 3, 2022, MEP Andrius Kubilius on behalf of the United4Ukraine network signed and sent a letter to Ali Ehassi, Chairman of the Standing...

Olena Uvarova: Responsible business conduct in times of war: implications for essential goods and services providers in Ukraine

By Olena Uvarova. Access to essential goods and services during war is critical. In many cases, people’s lives depend on it. The subject introduces many...

Andrius Kubilius: Ukraine: Our Next Steps

It has been more than 130 days since Russia’s war against Ukraine began. Ukraine has shown that it is able to defend itself and win...

Atlantic Council: Sanctioning Russia is a long game. Here’s how to win

By Brian O’Toole, and Daniel Fried. While military support remains the critical pillar of Western policy, especially in the short term, economic pressure is key...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Working Group Paper #4 “Strengthening Financial Sanctions against the Russian Federation”

The importance of financial sanctions reflects Russia’s dependency on the Western financial system, in particular on Western reserve currencies, as backing for the ruble, and...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Working Group Paper #3 “Individual Sanctions Roadmap: Recommendations for Sanctions against the Russian Federation”

As a follow-up to our first Action Plan and our second working paper on energy-related sanctions, this third working paper sets out more detailed proposals...

Atlantic Council: Dashboard: Tracking the Western response to the war in Ukraine

How do you track a world transformed? At the Atlantic Council, we’ve set out to answer that urgent question. Ever since Vladimir Putin began massing...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Working Group Paper #2 “Energy Sanctions Roadmap: Recommendations for Sanctions against the Russian Federation”

The paper sets out proposals for immediate European action to reduce Russia’s oil and gas revenues rapidly, combined with longer-term actions to eliminate Russian oil...

International Working Group on Russian Sanctions: Working Group Paper #1 “Action Plan on Strengthening Sanctions against the Russian Federation”

This paper contains suggestions for strengthening U.S., European, and global sanctions against Russia and Belarus that could be implemented immediately. It is the first of...

Working Group on Sanctions: founding meeting

FOUNDING MEETING U4U Working Group on Sanctions 4 April 14:00 (Brussels), 15:00 (Kyiv) Moderator: Mr Andrius KUBILIUS, Member of the European Parliament, EPP Comments: Mr...

U4U Position Paper on Sanctions

Why do we need a ban on energy imports now? The upcoming days are decisive: we need to enhance our support to the Ukrainian resistance...

Andrius Kubilius: EU must stop financing Putin’s war machine

Putin’s war against Ukraine is an international crime. Ukrainians are defending their country in a heroic way. The West supports Ukraine, some countries are delivering...

L.Garicano, L.Rachel. The ban on Russian gas, oil and coal: A cost-benefit analysis

Luis Garicano, Member of the European Parliament and Lukasz Rachel, LSE PhD, Princeton PostDoc in the short notice to the Members of the European Parliament...

VoxEU: Cutting Russia’s fossil fuel exports: Short-term pain for long-term gain

By Maksym Chepeliev  Thomas W Hertel  Dominique van der Mensbrugghe. In response to the invasion of Ukraine, most OECD countries have announced punishing sanctions against...