The paradox of anti-Russian European sanctions: how European communication satellites create hybrid threats in the EU media space
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 became a catalyst for the EU’s implementation of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 became a catalyst for the EU’s implementation of comprehensive restrictive measures. Europeans began systematically imposing sanctions against a number of Russian individuals, companies, and officials with the aim of intensifying economic pressure on the aggressor and weakening Russia’s ability to finance its full-scale hybrid war against Ukraine. Thus, European sanctions included, in particular, the prohibition of Russian state…