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On 24 June 2024, the EU adopted its 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The latest measures include: The designation of 116 additional individuals and entities across a number of industries for their responsibility in...more
Following the adoption of its 14th sanctions package against Russia, the European Union ("EU") extended the scope of its sanctions against Belarus with a view to "mirroring several of the restrictive measures already in place...more
On June 24, 2024, the European Union (“EU”) adopted its 14th sanctions package against Russia, which “responds to the needs and findings on the ground, and tackles enforcement issues,” “target high-value sectors of the...more
The European Union and the United Kingdom continue to tighten sanctions against Russia, particularly in the wake of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sudden death of Russian opposition leader...more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. ...more
I. US SANCTIONS - US Department of the Treasury Sanctions Almost 300 Individuals and Entities: On February 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned almost 300 individuals...more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. 1. Russia Sanctions - UK Government adds Russian-based cyber hacker under Cyber regime: On January 23, 2024, the UK Government,...more
On December 18, 2023, the European Union ("EU") adopted its 12th sanctions package against Russia. The new package introduces additional asset freeze measures, together with amendments to the EU asset freeze framework...more
On March 9, the multilateral Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force released a statement on the group’s continued work one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the...more
On 25 February 2023, the EU adopted its tenth sanctions package against Russia. More industrial, high-tech and aviation goods are now banned for export to Russia, while Russian bitumen and related materials, synthetic rubber...more
Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison - On November 18, 2022, former Theranos CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding investors regarding Theranos’ blood...more
The EU has issued its eighth “package” of sanctions measures on Russia. Meanwhile, US agencies have issued guidance on “secondary” sanctions enforcement, designated additional SDNs, and restricted further exports to Russia —...more
The European Union adopted its 8th sanctions package of restrictive measures against Russia on 6 October 2022 in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. ...more
In recent months, the European Union and United Kingdom have adopted additional measures targeting key elements of the Russian economy in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Specifically, the EU and UK continue to expand the...more
Two months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU and the U.K. have continued to expand their Russia sanctions programs. Here we summarise the measures introduced since our previous update and we overview where the EU and...more
EU introduces a fifth package of measures - New asset freezes - On 8 April 2022, the EU published a fifth round of measures against Russia and Belarus. Spread across four regulations, the new measures include additional...more
Today, the European Union published its fifth major round of sanctions on Russia and Belarus. The sanctions package includes a full transaction ban on four major Russian banks, port and transportation sanctions, import bans...more
In the nearly three weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 30 countries continue to increase their sanctions targeting Russian individuals, financial institutions, exports of technology, and key sectors of the Russian...more
Today, the United Kingdom added seven Russian businessmen to its asset freeze list. Chief among the designations are Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, and Oleg Deripaska. Mr. Abramovich is best known for being the owner of...more
Today, the European Union imposed a ban on the provision of specialized financial messaging services, including SWIFT interbank messaging network services, to seven Russian banks. The removal goes into effect March 12, 2022...more
In a significant step, on Saturday, February 26, 2022, the United States and leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada announced additional sanctions against key Russian...more
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, the global pressure on the Putin regime intensifies with the EU issuing additional sanctions and export controls on Friday evening (February 25). The legislation implementing the...more
In a significant step designed to increase financial pressure on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) issued new sanctions to prohibited United...more
Background As noted in our prior update, the United States, European Union and United Kingdom imposed a number of sanctions in connection with Russia’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. ...more