Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-recognition of Russian travel documents issued in occupied foreign regions.

European Commission
Brussels, 6 September 2022

COM(2022) 662 final

 
1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL • Reasons for and objectives of the proposal In reaction to the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic or Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation in 2014 and the continued destabilising actions in eastern Ukraine, the European Union has already introduced (i) economic sanctions in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, linked to the incomplete implementation of the Minsk agreements; (ii) sanctions in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine; (iii) sanctions in response to the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation. The decision of the Russian Federation to recognise the non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblast of Ukraine as independent entities and the decision to send Russian troops into Ukraine, an unprecedented military aggression against...
 
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