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New sanctions against Russia: US hits elite and high technology and electronics sectors

U.S. imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia targeting Kremlin-connected elites, numerous Russian high-technology entities and comanies oparating in the electronics sector. The measures were taken in tandem between the U.S. Department of ...

EU adopts seventh package of sanctions against Russia

The EU Council adopted further sanctions against Russia, in response to Russia’s continuing war of aggression against Ukraine. The misures, named “maintenance and alignment” package, amend Regulation (EU) 269/2014 and Regulation 833/2014, ...

US targets Iranian oil and petrochemical trade network

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned an international network of individuals and entities that has used a web of Gulf-based front companies to facilitate the delivery and sale of hundreds of ...

US, new international restrictions

Over the last few weeks, the United States has brought in new international restrictions for individuals and entities based on different sanctions programs. The countries in question are Iran, Nicaragua, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Korea, and ...

EU adopts sixth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus

The EU Council decided today to impose a sixth package of economic and individual sanctions targeting both Russia and Belarus. In addition to the partial embargo on oil, the EU imposed new restrictions on the export of products and new listing The ...

US imposes new sanctions on Russia

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) taked further action to degrade the key networks used by Russia’s elites, including President Vladimir Putin, to attempt to hide and move money and anonymously make ...

US treasury targets Hamas investment portfolio with sanctions

U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a Hamas finance official as well as an expansive network of three Hamas financial facilitators and six companies that have generated revenue for the terrorist ...

Iran, towards post-Vienna

The talks in Vienna on the JCPOA seem destined to fail. Significant differences (some guarantees requested by Moscow and the inclusion of the IRGC among FTOs) have become even more pronounced due to the war in Ukraine. The conflict is likely to ...

The US designates facilitators of Russian sanctions evasions

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added various entities and individuals involved in attempts to evade the sanctions imposed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine to its SDN List. ...

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