Russian sanctions

Some companies operating in Lithuania, clearly aware that they are helping Moscow to evade sanctions, are organising the export of equipment, technology and other products to Russia. Part of them engage in the schemes on their own initiative, the latest national threat assessment by intelligence age...

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told UK newspaper the Financial Times that she had to “plead” with companies to find a “moral compass” and decline deals that may result in Moscow accessing sanctioned goods, the ERR public broadcaster reports.

Lithuanian companies have not violated the European Unions' anti-Russian sanctions, the country's Prosecutor General's Office said after dropping a two-year pre-trial investigation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the great survivor of European politics. Western leaders come and go, but Putin has persisted. He has managed to hold on to power for nearly two decades, through three foreign wars, two economic crises, multiple presidential and parliamentary elections (of varying...

2017 could be the year of Russia’s return – the signs of this were discussed in a Tuesday afternoon discussion organised by the the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (RESC) and VU TSPMI. The political scientists discussed the topic of “What will decide Russian foreign policy in 2017?” It is likely that ...

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday passed a resolution calling on the European Union to continue its sanctions on Russia over the country's aggression in Ukraine.

Lithuania does not rule out broadening its national sanctions against Russia if the European Union fails to do so at the bloc's level, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said.

Europe must continue its sanctions on Russia amid the Russian military action in Syria and Ukraine, as well as the demonstration of nuclear-capable weaponry in the Baltic Sea region, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said at a meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart, Dalia Grybauskaitė, on Tuesday.

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has dismissed as untrue media reports that the European Union’s (EU) ambassadors have agreed to extend sanctions against Russia. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault said that the European Union would extend its economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, is facing growing criticism from the US, European countries and Lithuania for agreeing to attend Vladimir Putin's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia.

A council in Italy’s north-eastern Veneto region has voted to recognise the Crimea as a part of Russia and has urged Italy’s national government to abandon sanctions against Russia.

About 50 people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius at noon on Wednesday, calling for the release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is continuing her hunger strike in protest of the court's proceedings.

US President Barack Obama has announced that the US will extend its sanctions against Russia for another year. The sanctions were initially implemented in March of 2014 response to the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.

Ukraine's lack of progress on reforms may lead the EU to lean towards rejecting an extension of sanctions on Russia, according to the European Union's Ambassador to Russia, Vygaudas Ušackas.

A Russian ban on Turkish food products has caused a glut of fruit and vegetables on European markets, causing a price war among producer countries, but it is not clear if it will have any effect on prices in Lithuania.

The future of international sanctions against Russia depends primarily on whether Moscow will implement the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the military conflict in Ukraine, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday at his annual press conference.

Although the European Union recently agreed to extend sanctions on Russian companies until July of this year, divisions among EU members states are beginning to emerge, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said.