EU's 20th Russia sanctions package bans digital rubles, Russian crypto services, and the entire settlement stack.

Adopted on April 23, the European Union's twentieth Russia sanctions package goes further than any previous round — targeting not just named exchanges but the full service layer that keeps Russia-linked crypto settlement running. The 120-entity package covers Russian crypto asset service providers, decentralised trading platforms used to circumvent restrictions, ruble-backed tokens, payment agents, and support infrastructure for the digital rouble.

Previous rounds focused on individual operators like Garantex. This time Brussels is moving down the stack. TRM Labs links the shift to Garantex's migration into Grinex via the A7A5 bridge, while Chainalysis describes the package as targeting categories of evasion infrastructure rather than single named entities — a meaningful escalation in enforcement philosophy.

The practical compliance burden is now substantial: platforms must assess…