EU Council extended the sanctions against the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his associates 14 until 6 March 2018, but the list of restrictive measures ex-Regions Yuri Ivanyushchenko has been removed, also known as Yura Yenakiyevo.

This was reported in the statement of the EU Council.

The decision to extend the sanctions adopted after the annual review of restrictive measures. These sanctions were imposed for misappropriation of public funds of Ukraine or for malpractice.

For the first time, the EU has frozen assets of Yanukovych and people from his entourage in 2014. In 2016, the former president of Ukraine, and several of his associates tried to appeal against the sanctions in the European Court, but the court has called these restrictive measures legal.

Apostrophe.