European Commission President von der Leyen Sets Out New EU Sanctions Proposal on Russia 2026

Balgarianovinite.com European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set out proposals for additional EU sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine on Friday.
The package targeted energy, financial services and trade, including a G7-coordinated ban on maritime services linked to Russian crude oil.
The plan aims to make it harder for Russia to acquire tankers for its so-called shadow fleet and to ban the provision of maintenance and other services for LNG tankers and icebreakers.
A further 20 Russian regional banks are added, and measures linked to cryptocurrencies are proposed. The plan includes restrictions on exports to Russia of goods and services, from rubber to tractors and cybersecurity services, worth more than EUR 360 million, von der Leyen said. On imports, it proposes a ban on metals, chemicals and key minerals worth more than EUR 570 million, and the introduction of an ammonia quota.
“To show our determination to cut sanction evasion, we will activate for the first time the Anti-circumvention tool, by prohibiting the export of any computer numerical control machines and radios to jurisdictions where there is a high risk that these products are re-exported to Russia,” von der Leyen said.
“Finally, we propose stronger legal safeguards for EU companies to protect them from violations of their IP rights or from unfair expropriation in Russia due to abusive court rulings in connection with sanctions,” she added.
“Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will soon reach 1,500 days,” she said, adding that throughout the past year Russian forces advanced by an average of between 15 and 70 metres a day. Russian forces seized only about 0.8% of Ukraine’s territory, despite the highest casualty rate since the Second World War, she said. While Ukraine continued to defend itself with exceptional courage on the battlefield, the Kremlin doubled down on war crimes by deliberately targeting homes and civilian infrastructure, she added.
Energy facilities and heating networks were destroyed, and entire communities were left without electricity in sub-zero temperatures, she said.
“This is not the conduct of a state seeking peace. It is the behaviour of a nation waging a war of attrition against an innocent civilian population,” von der Leyen said. As important peace talks continued in Abu Dhabi, it had to be clear that Russia would come to the negotiating table with genuine intentions only if it was pressured to do so, she added. “This is the only language Russia understands,” she said, referring to Friday’s proposal to expand sanctions.
Von der Leyen said Russia’s oil and gas revenues fell by 24% in 2025 compared with the previous year, marking the lowest level since 2020 and leading to a wider fiscal deficit. She added that oil and gas revenues in January would be the lowest since the start of the war, interest rates were at 16%, and inflation remained high.
“This confirms what we already knew; our sanctions work, and we will continue to use them until Russia engages in serious negotiations with Ukraine for a just and lasting peace,” von der Leyen said. She urged EU countries to back Friday’s proposal quickly. European Commission President von der Leyen Sets Out New EU Sanctions Proposal on Russia 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-06 17:03:41 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law