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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.

The European Union has updated the Regulation on dual-use products

The Delegated Regulation 2022/1 published on 6 January 2022 amends Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which lists the goods and technologies considered to be dual-use.

The new anti-coercion tool of the European Union

On 8 December, the European Commission published a new proposal for Regulations to protect the EU and Member States from possible acts of economic coercion by third countries. The document is one of the fundamental steps in establishing a ...

Cambodia Business Advisory on High-Risk Investments and Interactions

The U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and U.S. Department of Commerce are issued a joint advisory to caution U.S. businesses currently operating in or considering operating in Cambodia to be mindful of interactions with ...

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