FEATURES OF THE ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OF EU ANTI-RUSSIAN SANCTIONS

With the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis in February 2022, the European Union (EU) imposed thousands of new sanctions restrictions against Russia aimed at causing maximum damage to the Russian economy. In such conditions, according to the author, the relevance of research increases significantly, the subject of which is the procedure for adopting and applying restrictive measures of unfriendly states, as well as ways to minimize their negative impact on Russia. The author of this article aims to analyze the specifics of the adoption and application of EU antiRussian sanctions. The article examines the problems arising from the lack of uniform legislation in the EU that ensures compliance with the Union’s sanctions, which reduces the effectiveness of their implementation. The study reveals the procedure and specifics of the adoption of EU sanctions and their application by the competent authorities of the member states of the Union. The role of judicial practice in this process is analyzed. The author also identified similarities and differences between the procedures for the implementation of national legislation and the direct application of restrictive EU measures in different countries of the European Union, and identified the disadvantages of the sanctions regime, the proper use of which, in the author’s opinion, will help offset some of the costs caused by sanctions