Package adds 36 energy listings, 46 shadow fleet vessels, and port bans on key Russian oil terminals.
The EU has adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, effective April 22, 2026, containing energy measures (36 Russian energy sector listings, 46 additional shadow fleet vessels, port access bans on Murmansk, Tuapse, and Karimun Oil Terminal in Indonesia, LNG maintenance and terminal service bans), financial measures (20 additional Russian banks excluded from EU market access, 4 third-country banks in Kyrgyzstan, Laos, and Azerbaijan delisted, total ban on Russian crypto asset service providers), and trade restrictions (new export bans worth over €365 million, new import bans worth over €530 million, ammonia import quota). The package also activates the anti-circumvention tool for the first time against the Kyrgyz Republic, adds 60 entities (32 Russian, 28 third-country), and adds 120 additional listings (33 individuals, 83 entities) with 5 third-country financial entities delisted.
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EU Adopts 20th Russia Sanctions Package
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