The EU Council has extended for six months the sanctions against Russia imposed because of the events in Ukraine, according to a statement published on the organization’s website.

“The Council today decided to extend until July 31, 2023 restrictive measures directed against specific sectors of the economy of the Russian Federation,” the statement reads.

The Council said the sanctions now cover a “wide range” of sectoral measures, including restrictions on trade, finance, technology and dual-use goods, industry, transport, luxury goods, the import or transfer of marine crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia to the EU, the suspension of a number of Russian banks, and the suspension of broadcasting and licenses of several media outlets. Individual restrictive and diplomatic measures against individuals and legal entities of the Russian Federation were also adopted, the document said.

The EU also recalled that the restrictions also apply to restrictions on economic relations with Crimea, Sevastopol and “non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”.