EU bans all transactions with Ukraine’s cultural heritage goods looted by Russia

That's according to the Eurean Council press service, Ukrinform reports.

"[I]t will be forbidden to purchase, import, transfer or export Ukrainian cultural prerty goods and other goods of archaeogical, historical, cultural, rare scientific or religious importance, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods have been unlawfully removed from Ukraine.," the message says.

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In addition, the new package will impose restrictions on accepting applications for registrations in the EU of certain intellectual prerty rights by Russian nationals and companies, with the aim of offsetting the actions of the Russian government and courts illegitimately depriving EU intellectual prerty rights hders of their protection in Russia.

As noted, all restrictive measures contained in the 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia will soon be published in the Official Journal of the EU.

As reported earlier, since the outset of Russian aggression against Ukraine, the EU has been providing Ukraine with significant economic, pitical and financial assistance, pursuing a consistent picy of applying economic and individual sanctions against the aggressor state, and also taking measures to avoid their circumvention by third party governments and entities.