Sanctions against individuals, companies and organisations

Who is being sanctioned

The European Union has sanctioned over 2 400 individuals and entities. This includes:

• the Russian leadership
• high-ranking officials
• military staff
• Wagner group commanders
• prominent businesspeople and oligarchs
• pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukrainian propagandists
• persons and entities operating in the Russian military and IT sector
• orchestrators of the recent illegal so-called “elections” in the Ukrainian territories that Russia has temporarily occupied
• key figures involved in the forced “re-education” of Ukrainian children or the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia
• companies active in space engineering, in the chemical sector, the explosives sector and in leading Russian energy companies
• individuals and entities involved in or benefiting from Russia’s military and industrial complex
• individuals and entities who support the operations of unsafe oil tankers
• individuals and entities from third countries who facilitate Russia’s circumvention of sanctions or support Russia’s war against Ukraine by supplying sensitive components for the Russian military industry

Sanctioned individuals

• all accounts in EU banks are frozen
• banned from traveling anywhere in the EU
• illegal to provide assets or funds from the EU to these individuals

Sanctioned companies and organisations

• all accounts in EU banks are frozen
• it is illegal to provide assets or funds, directly or indirectly, to them

^{Facts and figures as of 20 May 2025}

'Freeze and Seize' Task Force

The Commission has set up a “Freeze and Seize Task Force” to explore links between assets belonging to persons listed under EU sanctions and criminal activities. Investigations and prosecutions are the responsibility of Member States. The aim of the Task Force is to strengthen coordination at operational level to ensure effective enforcement of EU sanctions across all Member States.

The Task Force comprises Commission representatives, contact points from each Member State, Eurojust and Europol. The Task Force coordinates its work with the “Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force”, set up between the G7 countries, Australia and the European Union.

Public contracts and European funding

• Full prohibition on the participation of Russian nationals and entities in procurement contracts in the EU
• Restrictions on financial and non-financial support to Russian publicly owned or controlled entities under EU, Euratom and Member States programmes. No new contracts or agreements with Russian public bodies or related entities will be concluded.