BRUSSELS - The European Union banned investment in Crimea on Dec. 18, halting European help for Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and outlawing European cruise ships from calling at Crimean ports.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: EU bans investment in Crimea, targets oil sector, cruises
Crimean residents hold a poster reading \"Forever with Russia\" in Simferopol on Nov. 25, 2014, during a rally is support of Donbass.