U. S. President Donald Trump has extended for another year the sanctions regime against Russia imposed amid the conflict in Ukraine. The decision is laid out in an executive order published in the U. S. Federal Register, with the official release of the document scheduled for February 20.

The move consolidates restrictions introduced over several administrations. It covers measures enacted under the 46th U.S. president Joe Biden in February 2022, sanctions approved by Trump himself in September 2018 during his first term, and earlier packages signed by the 44th president Barack Obama in March and December 2014 following the events surrounding Crimea.

According to the document, the current U.S. leader believes all of these measures must remain in force beyond March 6, 2026. In his assessment, the actions and policies referenced in the executive orders continue to pose what is described as an «unusual and extraordinary threat» to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has previously stressed that Moscow considers the sanctions unlawful and argues that they stand in the way of restoring trade and economic ties between Russia and the United States.

Washington’s sanctions campaign against Moscow began in March 2014 after the events in Ukraine and the reunification of Crimea with Russia. At the time, the restrictions targeted Russian banks, companies, major businessmen, senior Russian officials, as well as members of the government of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich. The United States also banned the export of American goods, technologies and services to Crimea and prohibited U.S. investment activity on the peninsula.