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21st package of sanctions: EU hits Russian energy, financial services and crypto hard
2026-08-04 04:31:32.585833+02
Economic importance
88/100
Credibility 82/100
What happened
The Council adopted a 21st package of economic and individual restrictive measures designed to target the sectors with the greatest impact on Russia’s economy and its ability to fuel its war of aggression against Ukraine. The package includes the largest batch of individual listings of the last four years.
Affected entities
Economic sanctions
Negative
Impact 85/100
· Confidence 77%
Council of the European Union
Negative
Impact 77/100
· Confidence 72%
Geopolitical risk
Negative
Impact 77/100
· Confidence 72%
Energy supply
Negative
Impact 56/100
· Confidence 73%
Brent Crude Oil
Negative
Impact 53/100
· Confidence 73%
Gold
Negative
Impact 50/100
· Confidence 69%
Sources used
Council of the EU — Press releases
· 97/100
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