Timeline for restrictive measures

This chapter will present the timeline of the restrictive measures taken. Restrictive measures for petroleum products and other goods related to fuel and transportation are discussed in detail in one of the following chapters.

After the first restrictive measures issued in 2014, in February 2022, the European Union (EU) began adopting a package of restrictive measures in connection with “the decision by the Russian Federation to proceed with the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities, and the subsequent decision to send Russian troops into these areas” and “Russia’s actions destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.”

On February 23, 2022, the EU imposed restrictive measures agains