The Council of the European Union today decided to extend restrictive measures against individuals responsible for undermining or threatening Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence for another six months, until September 15, 2026.
“Individual listings will continue to apply to around 2 600 individuals and entities, who were targeted in response to Russia’s ongoing unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine,” the Council stated in a statement.
In addition, the Council decided not to extend sanctions against two individuals:
- Maya Nikolaevna Bolotova (Tokareva), Майя Николаевна Болотова (Токарева), a Russian and Cypriot citizen and the daughter of Nikolai Tokarev, the head of the Russian oil pipeline company Transneft;
- Niels Troost, a Dutchman involved in the trade of Russian oil.
Five additional individuals were removed from the sanctions list due to their deaths:
- Pavel Rurikovich Kachkaev, a member of the State Duma;
- Sergey Petrovich Mavrin, the Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation;
- Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, the Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces;
- Amir Ali Hajizadeh, an Iranian brigadier general;
- Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
