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The EU Council on July 30 adopted further EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Ukraine, adding eight persons and three entities to the list of those subject to an asset freeze and a visa ban.

Sanctions are applied to these people and entities for providing support to or benefiting from Russian decisions makers responsible for the destabilization of eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea, according to a communiqué posted on the EU Council’s Web site.

This brings the number of persons and entities under EU restrictions to 95 persons and 23 entities.

“Today’s decisions were adopted by written procedure and will enter into force upon their publication in the EU Official Journal, due to take place later on today,” the communiqué reads.

In addition, the Council is due to adopt economic sanctions in view of Russia’s role in destabilizing eastern Ukraine through a separate written procedure closing July 31, the communiqué says.

As requested by the European Council on July 16, the Council also adopted further trade and investment restrictions for Crimea and Sevastopol, as part of the EU’s policy of not recognizing the illegal annexation.

These include a ban on new investment in the following sectors in Crimea and Sevastopol: infrastructure projects in the transport, telecommunications and energy sectors and the exploitation of oil, gas and minerals.

Key equipment for the same six sectors may not be exported to Crimea and Sevastopol; finance and insurance services related to such transactions must not be provided.