Moldova: EU Council lists five more individuals and one entity for destabilising actions
The new listings include Evghenia Guţul, who is the Governor (‘Bashkan’) of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, and is responsible for promoting…
Chemical Weapons: EU Foreign Affairs Council prolongs sanctions
The EU Foreign Affairs Council today prolonged the application of the EU restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of…
Belarus: EU Council lists further 28 individuals for human rights violations
The EU Council today decided to impose restrictive measures on an additional 28 individuals for their role in the ongoing…
Iranian drones and missiles for Russia and terrorists: EU sanctions more individuals and entities
The Council also decided to add the Minister of Defence of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the head of EU-listed Iranian…
Iran’s arms for Russia and Red Sea rebels: EU Council broadens restrictive measures
This framework, adopted in July 2023, currently prohibits the export of components used in the construction and production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles…
EU-US comparison: U.S. Treasury sanctions against Russia’s elites
In August 2023, the U.S. Treasury had declared a round of sanctions targeting prominent members of Russia’s financial elite, as…
No, time is not on Russia‘s side – EEAS blog post by EU HR Josep Borrell
Russian authorities regularly claim that the Russian economy would not really suffer from Western sanctions and that time would be…
UK: New sanctions on persons linked to Hamas-supporting media network
The UK Government has announced a full asset freeze against two individuals suspected of providing financial support for Gaza Now…
Environmental crime: EU Council clears new EU law with tougher sanctions and extended list of offences
Today, the Council formally adopted a directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law. The law will improve…
U.S. Treasury designates Russian companies supporting sanctions evasion
The Department of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned thirteen entities and two individuals for operating…
ISIL(Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda: EU Council adds a person and an entity to its autonomous list of sanctions
The Council decided today to add Mohamed Ibrahim al-Shafi’i Al-Salem, also known as Aba Al-Sahraoui, and Katiba Macina to the EU autonomous list…
EU sanctions: New rules to crack down on violations
MEPs have approved new rules to harmonise the enforcement of EU sanctions across member states. With 543 votes in favour,…
Ukraine: Switzerland implements the EU’s 13th package of sanctions
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), which is responsible for sanctions, decided on 29 February to…
Russia: two years after the full-scale invasion, EU adopts 13th package of individual and economic sanctions
This package focuses on further limiting Russia’s access to military technologies, such as for drones, and on listing additional companies and…
Sanctions against Syria: Switzerland extends temporary humanitarian exemption by six months
The Federal Council decided on 10 March 2023 to include the EU's temporary humanitarian exemption in the ordinance on measures…
Humanitarian action: EU introduces further exception to sanctions
As a result of the decision, certain categories of humanitarian actors, including those outlined in the UN Security Council resolution…
Israel/Palestine: France adopts sanctions against violent Israeli settlers
France is adopting sanctions against extremist Israeli settlers who have been guilty of violence against Palestinian civilians in the West…
UK sanctions extremist settlers in the West Bank
The UK announces new sanctions against extremist Israeli settlers who have violently attacked Palestinians in the West Bank. The Foreign…
Myanmar military-linked enterprises and infantry divisions sanctioned 3 years on from the military coup
Since the coup the UK has sanctioned 25 individuals and 33 entities under the Myanmar Sanctions Regime, targeting the military’s…
Ukraine: Switzerland implements the EU’s 12th package of sanctions
The Federal Council adopted further sanctions against Russia at its meeting on 31 January. This is in response to Russia's…
UK and US sanction key figures in Hamas’s financial network
The UK and US have announced new sanctions on key figures in the financial networks of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic…
Sudan: EU Council adds six entities to EU sanctions list
Among the entities listed are two companies involved in the manufacture of weapons and vehicles for the SAF (Defense Industries…
Hamas/PIJ: EU Council establishes dedicated sanctions framework
Under the new regime, the EU may target those who support, materially or financially, Hamas or the PIJ. It may also…
Yermak-McFaul Group unveils research on Russian sanctions circumvention
Russian banks continue to use software products from Oracle and Microsoft. Problems with the use of SAS and IBM systems…
ISIL/Al-Qaida: EU Council adds individual to sanctions list against terrorism
The measures target Ahmed Khaled Müller, a member of Al-Shabab in Somalia. The sanctioned individual has participated in combat operations and committed…
UN: Security Council 1718 Sanctions Committee amends two entries on its sanctions list
The GBAE is responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear program, which includes the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center and its 5 Mwe…
EU Council expands sanctions over Russia’s aggression on Ukraine
The Council today introduced additional restrictive measures against one person and one entity responsible for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity,…
U.S. Treasury: Countering Houthi maritime attacks on international shipping
The United States is designating one individual and three entities for facilitating Iranian financial assistance to the Houthis that enables…
Ukraine: Switzerland expands sanctions listings
As part of a 12th package of sanctions adopted on 18 December, the EU imposed new measures in response to…
Russia: Putin extends special economic measures in fuel-and-energy sector
Under the amendment, the duration of the special economic measures in the fuel-and-energy sector in response to the price cap on Russian oil and oil products established by some foreign states has…
12th EU sanctions package against Russia for its war against Ukraine
In particular, this package includes additional listings of Russian individuals and companies and new import and export bans – such…
EU Council expands Myanmar sanctions list in eighth round of sanctions
The listings include a Union Minister, two other members of the State Administrative Council (SAC), and a commander responsible for airstrikes targeting civilians in particular in…
Fight against terrorism: EU Council adds two individuals to the EU terrorist list
The Council decided to add two individuals to the EU terrorist list. This decision comes as part of European Union’s response to…
Russia: Mikhail Mishustin meets with Iran’s First VP Mohammad Mokhber
"We met last October at the second Caspian Economic Forum in Moscow. I would like to take this opportunity to…
Russia’s war: EU Council prolongs individual sanctions over territorial integrity for a further six months
The existing restrictive measures provide for travel restrictions for natural persons, the freezing of assets, and a ban on making funds or other economic…
Ukraine: EU sanctions six individuals over human rights violations
The individuals listed today include prosecutors and judges active in courts established by Russia’s occupying force in illegally annexed Crimea.…
EU Commission issues guidance to help EU operators assess risks of sanctions’ circumvention
Under EU law, EU operators have an obligation to carry out due diligence when trading with third countries to ensure that…
Russia: Meeting on Murmansk LNG project
"Russia is implementing a range of major oil and gas exploration and processing projects that are crucial for the further development of the fuel and energy complex and many regions…
US: Sanctions and visa restrictions on individuals and entities connected with forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children during Russia’s war
The Department is designating the below individuals and entity that have reportedly played a role in forcibly deporting Ukrainian children…
Sanctions against Syria: Switzerland extends temporary humanitarian exemption
In light of the grave humanitarian crisis in Syria, which was worsened by the earthquake, the EU amended its measures…
Ukraine: Switzerland implements 11th package of sanctions
On 16 August, the Federal Council decided to enact further sanctions against Russia. This aligns Switzerland with the EU, which…
Russia: Government meeting on external pressure
In the face of mounting external pressure, it is especially important to stimulate the development of our own projects in…
Russia: Executive order on temporary procedure for executing state guarantees provided in foreign currency
Under the Executive Order, the fulfilment of the obligations of the Russian Federation (the guarantor) under the state guarantees of the Russian Federation, which are provided in foreign currency (the amounts of which…
Russia: Executive Order on suspension of certain provisions of international tax treaties
In view of the need to take urgent measures in connection with the unfriendly actions of a number of foreign states against the Russian Federation, its citizens and legal entities, the President…
US: Imposing sanctions on Bosnia and Herzegovina officials who undermined Dayton Peace Accord
Promoted by the president of the Republika Srpska entity in BiH, Milorad Dodik, a U.S.-designated person, this new legislation is…
UK sanctions key figures involved in deplorable sentencing of Vladimir Kara-Murza
UK government sanctions six figures involved in the trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is facing 25 years in a penal…
Meeting on economic issues: Vladimir Putin on Russian GDP
The meeting was attended by Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive…
Myanmar/Burma: EU imposes seventh round of sanctions against six individuals and one entity
Today, the Council imposed a seventh round of restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma against six individuals…