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not even to a lawyer or for renting a home
This overstates the legal effect of the EU sanctions. The governing EU regulation expressly allows member-state authorities to authorize use of frozen funds for rent and for legal fees.
Full reasoning
The article says the sanctions forbid payments "not even to a lawyer or for renting a home." That is contradicted by the text of the EU sanctions regulation itself.
Under Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642, national competent authorities may authorize the release or use of frozen funds for basic needs, including "rent or mortgage", and for "reasonable professional fees" connected with legal services. In other words, the regulation does not create an absolute ban on paying rent or a lawyer.
The Council’s own notice to listed persons confirms this point: it specifically tells the sanctioned person that they may apply to the competent national authority for authorization to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments under Article 3.
So while the sanctions may make such payments difficult and subject to authorization, the statement that they are prohibited "not even to a lawyer or for renting a home" is factually incorrect as written.
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- EUR-Lex - 02024R2642-20250715 - EN - EUR-Lex
Article 3(1): the competent authorities may authorise the release of frozen funds where they are "necessary to satisfy the basic needs" including payments for "rent or mortgage" and where they are "intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees ... associated with the provision of legal services."
- Notice for the attention of the person subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2643 ... concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's destabilising activities
The notice states that the person may apply to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) "to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation)."