EU 21st sanctions package
EU 21st Russia sanctions round targeting shadow-fleet tonnage and carry costs, announced May 2026.
The EU's 21st Russia sanctions package, formally proposed on 9 June 2026, remains blocked from full adoption over a Russia oil price cap freeze and a separate Raiffeisen Bank International dispute, with a fresh Coreper vote pending and no outcome yet settled.
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The European Commission formally proposed the EU 21st Russia sanctions package on 9 June 2026, following Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's initial announcement on 26 May. A mini-package of 34 individuals and 47 entities was adopted by the EU Council on 15 June 2026, ahead of the full package. The package's core objective is to freeze the G7 Russia oil price cap and ADD further shadow-fleet vessel listings and bank and oil-trading entity designations, rather than to name Russian oil majors directly.
The 21st package is the direct follow-through on a deferral in the 20th package, adopted 23 April 2026, which established the legal basis for a full maritime-services ban covering P&I insurance and vessel management for Russian crude shipping but withheld the measure for lack of EU-27 unanimity. That ban remains blocked by Malta and Greece, who have opposed it since April, citing port-economy exposure. Full adoption of the 21st package as a whole is still pending as unanimity has not yet been reached, with member states holding out over conditions unrelated to oil itself.
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What does the EU 21st sanctions package do to Russian oil?
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Why is Raiffeisen Bank International part of the EU 21st sanctions package dispute?
Has the EU 21st sanctions package on Russia been adopted?
