The EU Council has extended sanctions against Russia for the occupation of certain territories of Ukraine not controlled by the government. The sanctions will remain in effect until February 25, 2025, citing the Official Journal of the EU. According to the report, the EU Council imposed sanctions against Russia on February 23, 2022, and on October 6, 2022, in response to the illegal annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the Council adopted an additional decision to expand the geographical scope of restrictions to cover all a…