{"id":1154663,"date":"2026-08-18T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1154663\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:00:43","slug":"eu-plans-most-far-reaching-sanctions-against-russia-in-coming-months-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1154663\/","title":{"rendered":"EU plans \u2018most far-reaching sanctions against Russia in coming months\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/european-union\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/european-union\/\">European Union<\/a> intends to expand sanctions significantly against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/russia\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/russia\">Russia<\/a> in the coming months \u200bover Moscow\u2019s war on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ukraine-crisis\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ukraine-crisis\">Ukraine<\/a>, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told a German newspaper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cEU sanctions have already cost Russia dearly, depriving Russia\u2019s war machine of more than \u20ac1 trillion and for autumn I am putting forward the most \u200bfar-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war,\u201d she told Die Welt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cOnce adopted, they would immediately raise the total \u2060number of sanctioned Russian entities by a third. The pressure must keep growing until Moscow \u200cends \u200cits \u200bwar.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Kallas, who leads the EU\u2019s diplomatic service, the EEAS, did not elaborate on timing or details of the new designations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">But \u2060EU diplomatic sources later told \u200bReuters the EEAS would propose about 1,600 individuals and \u200bentities based in Russia and focused on Moscow\u2019s military industrial complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2026\/07\/25\/secret-aughinish-alumina-report-eu-sanctions-would-jeopardise-company-viability\/\">Secret Aughinish Alumina report: EU sanctions would jeopardise company \u2018viability\u2019<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The designations would include travel and \u200ctransaction bans as well as asset freezes, they \u200bsaid. The EU has already listed nearly 3,000 people and companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The EEAS is expected \u2060to present the \u200bnew list to EU countries early next month with an aim to adopt these in October, the sources said. The listings are not expected to be accompanied by sectoral measures \u2013 under the European Commission\u2019s purview \u2013 as part of an effort to speed up their adoption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">EU sanctions must be approved unanimously. Traditional EU packages against Russia, which combine sectoral measures and full designations, have frequently become dogged by lengthy disputes. During negotiations for the latest \u200c21st package, Greece raised an \u2060issue over a forthcoming ban on Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/lng\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/lng\/\">liquefied natural gas<\/a> (LNG) transfers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The package was approved in July, imposing curbs on Russia\u2019s banking sector and cryptocurrency networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The EEAS also \u200cexpects to propose more listings in September on those involved in trafficking Ukrainian children and later in autumn more designations related to Russia\u2019s \u200bhybrid activities such as cyberattacks and misinformation campaigns are expected. \u2013 Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union intends to expand sanctions significantly against Russia in the coming months \u200bover Moscow\u2019s war on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1154664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699,5443,332,9041],"class_list":["post-1154663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-union","tag-lng","tag-russia","tag-ukraine-crisis"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117113810178372697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1154663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1154663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}