{"id":561818,"date":"2026-07-23T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=561818"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:33:44","slug":"eu-agrees-on-21st-sanctions-package-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/eu-agrees-on-21st-sanctions-package-against-russia","title":{"rendered":"EU Agrees on 21st Sanctions Package Against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>EU member states&#8217; ambassadors have agreed on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union said.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pleased we have agreed the 21st package of sanctions in the first weeks of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ireland&#8217;s Presidency<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This package further targets Russia&#8217;s revenue streams, impedes its shadow fleet and disrupts its supply-chains. Europe stands with Ukraine against Russia\u2019s brutal war of aggression<\/span>,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> said Irish Foreign Minister <strong><b>Helen McEntee<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to European Commission President <strong><b>Ursula von der Leyen<\/b><\/strong>, the package includes a ban on transactions with 32 Russian banks. The price cap on Russian oil has been frozen for one year at $44 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The measures also target the energy, financial services, cryptocurrency and trade sectors.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, vessels supporting Russia&#8217;s shadow fleet will be added to the sanctions list.<\/p>\n<p>According to media reports, a full ban on maritime shipments of Russian liquefied natural gas was removed from the package. Several EU member states did not support the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The 21st package must now undergo formal approval, after which the relevant documents will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU member states&#8217; ambassadors have agreed on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union said. &#8220;Pleased we have agreed the 21st package of sanctions in the first weeks of the Ireland&#8217;s Presidency. This package further targets Russia&#8217;s revenue streams, impedes its shadow fleet and disrupts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":501266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a61d1f0bc390.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"EU Agrees on 21st Sanctions Package Against Russia"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143284,143090],"tags":[143122],"class_list":["post-561818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-world","category-politics","tag-rossija"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}