The European Union must move beyond its reactive approach to dealing with the Russian Federation and adopt a robust, long-term strategy based on three key pillars: deterring Russian aggression against EU and NATO members, curbing Russia’s ability to wage war against Ukraine, and containing Moscow’s influence in EU candidate countries and the so-called Global South.

1 day ago · The EU’s stated target is to rid the bloc’s energy system of all Russian fossil fuels by 2027. The EU’s energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen is due to present a plan for hitting that goal in ...

Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland; the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is surrounded by EU members. Until the radical breakdown of relations following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU was Russia's largest trading partner and Russia had a significant role in the European energy sector.

4 days ago · The Council today renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation’s continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 July 2025. These economic measures, first introduced in 2014, were significantly expanded since February 2022 in response to Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and illegal military aggression against Ukraine.

Dec 16, 2024 · Find out all the answers to your questions on sanctions adopted by the European Union in response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Which sanctions has the EU adopted so far? Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the EU has imposed massive and unprecedented sanctions against Russia.

Nov 23, 2022 · Following the Russian invasion against Ukraine in February 2022, the EU has suspended virtually all remaining cooperation programmes with Russia.

May 30, 2024 · Moscow’s agenda is aimed at obstructing EU and U.S. efforts to integrate the region into the West, not at establishing Russia as a political, diplomatic, and economic hegemon, a feat that even the Soviet Union failed to accomplish in the early Cold War period.

EU-Russia relations have been strained since 2014 because of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, support for separatist groups in eastern Ukraine, destabilisation policies in the neighbourhood, disinformation and interference campaigns and internal human rights violations.

Jan 17, 2021 · However, EU-Russia relations have become increasingly strained over the years, not least because of the Kremlin’s consistent attacks on Ukraine’s sovereignty, including its 2014 annexation of Crimea and the full-scale invasion launched in February 2022.

Jul 28, 2021 · The Delegation of the European Commission to Russia was opened in Moscow in February 1991. Starting from December 1, 2009, with the Lisbon Treaty entering into force, the Delegation of the European Commission is transformed into the Delegation of the European Union to Russia.