{"id":5754,"date":"2026-04-27T23:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:40:41","slug":"russia-expands-sanctions-on-eu-officials-over-arming-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/russia-expands-sanctions-on-eu-officials-over-arming-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia expands sanctions on EU officials over arming Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moscow says no outside pressure can sway its foreign policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"237\">Moscow has expanded the sanctions on European officials involved in arming Ukraine, after the EU adopted its 20th package of sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the restrictions rolled out last week by Brussels <em>\u201cgrossly violate international law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"1195\"><em>\u201cIn response to the EU\u2019s unlawful decisions, the Russian side has significantly expanded the list of representatives of EU institutions, EU member states, and a number of European countries aligning themselves with Brussels\u2019 anti-Russian policy,\u201d<\/em> the ministry said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69ce2fae2030271c170f6fab.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/637046-eu-debt-hole-moscow\/\">EU will end up in \u2018debt hole\u2019 \u2013 Moscow<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1610\">Without revealing any names or nationalities, the ministry said the blacklist includes officials involved in decision-making on military aid to Ukraine, the introduction of sanctions on Russia, the prosecution of Russian nationals <em>\u201cunder far-fetched pretexts,\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201ccausing damage to Russia\u2019s relations with third countries.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The ministry added that it is also targeting <em>\u201chostile\u201d <\/em>activists and academics.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1792\"><em>\u201cBrussels\u2019 destructive policy is incapable of swaying our country\u2019s foreign policy. Russia has been and remains committed to defending its national interests,\u201d<\/em> the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the EU announced additional restrictions on Russia\u2019s financial sector and energy exports, targeting the supposed \u2018shadow fleet\u2019\u00a0used to bypass sanctions on Russia\u2019s oil trade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"2121\">Russia has denied that it has a shadow fleet and has denounced the seizure of tankers by the US and European states as acts of piracy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2123\" data-end=\"2348\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters last week that although the sanctions have had an overall <em>\u201cnegative impact\u201d<\/em> on the Russian economy, the country has <em>\u201cgained significant experience in minimizing their effects.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow says no outside pressure can sway its foreign policy Moscow has expanded the sanctions on European officials involved in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5757,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions\/5757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}