EU sanctions Russian military for chemical weapons in Ukraine and media for misinformation

The European Union imposed sanctions on Russian troops on radiological, chemical and biological protection, as well as bloggers and bosses of media organizations participating in the EU and worldwide misinformation campaigns.

Chemical weapon on the front

Russian chemical troops and two military scientific institutes-the 27th Scientific Center and the 33rd Central Research and Test Institute participated in the development of chemical agents, and the military units used them at the front.

The EU refers to prohibit their funding and to freeze their assets, reports of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OZHC), which confirmed in November 2024 and in February 2025 that substances to combat the riots, including the CS (2-chlorobena.

« Such substances have been used as a method of war by Russian forces in Ukraine, in violation of the Convention on Chemical Weapons to which Russia is a party, » the decision to impose sanctions, which came into force on Tuesday, said.

The Kremlin’s Rules

The EU sanctions 21 persons and 6 organizations that have been found to have participated in misinformation campaigns in Europe and around the world.

Among them are the former Ukrainian politician Victor Medvedchukwho was captured by the Russians at the beginning of the war and exchanged for Ukrainian voices. Medvechuk then moved to the Czech Republic, where he founded media that spread pro -Russian propaganda in Ukraine and outside.

By secret financing of the media channel « The Voice of Europe » – also included in the list, and their political platform « Another Ukraine » Medvedchuk has encouraged policies and actions aimed at undermining legitimacy and confidence in the Ukraine government, in direct support for Russia’s foreign policy interests and spreading pro -Russian propaganda.

Travel and funding restrictions have been imposed on Russian citizens as well as the head of the news agency « African initiative » Victor Lukovenko. For the fact that the agency is distributing Russian propaganda and misinformation in Africa. As well as the bosses of the press group International Africa Media and the « Black African Defense League » – Restored in 2021 by the French authorities a structure for the spread of ideology calling for hatred, discrimination and violence.

Web hosting service Stark Industries And its directors are sanctioned because they work as intermediaries of various Russian state -sponsored and related participants to carry out destabilizing activities, including manipulation of information, intervention and cyberattacks against the EU and third countries.