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Commerce Department Expands Restrictions on Exports to Russia and Belarus

The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), issued a final rule that expands its highly restrictive controls on the export and reexport of U.S.-origin and certain foreign-produced commodities, software, and ...

EU adopts fifth round of sanctions against Russia

The agreed package includes a series of measures intended to reinforce pressure on the Russian government and economy, and to limit the Kremlin’s resources for the aggression. The package comprises transport restrictions, import and export ...

Pandora’s box, the war in Ukraine and the role of China

On 24 February, Russia began the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting a war to conquer all or part of the country, to annex it or turn it – along the lines of Belarus – into a State geo-politically controlled by and economically ...

US and EU sanctions against Russia, Belarus and Donbass regions

Starting February 21, 2022, the United States and the European Union have launched a series of economic and financial sanctions against Russia, the Donbass regions and Belarus following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions ...

Biden signs executive order prohibiting U.S. business with Ukraine’s breakaway regions

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order restricting American business in Ukraine’s breakaway regions, in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s recognition of those areas. The order is separate from sanctions the U.S. and ...

The crisis in Ukraine and possible sanctions against Russia

Ukraine has become the theatre for the final phase of the strategic struggle for power and the economic control of eastern Europe, begun in the nineties after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Who is involved in the crisis? How likely are new ...

The possible scenarios of EU, US and UK sanctions against Russia

Considering the current geopolitical scenario involving Russia and Ukraine, and following the first UN meeting on this topic, we propose an overview of the main restrictive measures that the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States ...

US, sanctions on the Hezbollah network and on Russian intelligence subjects

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department promoted sanctioning measures against the network in support of Hezbollah (Lebanon) and Ukrainian subjects believed to be in the service of Federal’naja Služba ...

Restrictive measures: the latest designations in the international geopolitical landscape

This issues of SIRI reports the interventions of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Iran regarding restrictive measures undertaken between the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022.

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