EU Facing Difficulties Enforcing Asset Sanctions Against Russian Oligarchs: Reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov (L) look on at the control center of the new workshop producing hot briquetted iron at Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Combine (Metalloinvest MC LLC) in the Belgorod Region, Russia, on July 14, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

The EU is struggling to enforce the sweeping sanctions it has levied against Russian oligarchs due to legal constraints and enforcement issues, Reuters reported.

The EU’s 27 member states have imposed a number of sanctions on Russia in recent weeks since the start of President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine.