Hauser & Wirth charged with breaching UK’s Russia sanctions
According to The Art Newspaper, the UK gallery is being prosecuted for allegedly making available a work by George Condo to a person connected with Russia after the country’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. As first reported in The Times, Condo’s Escape from Humanity (2021) was allegedly made available to the collector, named in the […]
US puts two major Russian oil companies on sanctions list
A statement from the US Department of Treasury reported that this step was taken due to Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine. The statement noted that Russia’s two major oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, were added to the sanctions list, and that these companies’ subsidiaries were […]
EU adopts new sanctions against Russia
The new package of sanctions substantially increases the pressure on the Russian war economy, targeting key sectors such as energy, finance, the military industrial base, special economic zones, as well as enablers and profiteers of its war of aggression. According to EU, a total ban on Russian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and a further clamp-down […]
UK targets Russian oil market in fresh sanctions
Britain is targeting Russia’s largest oil companies and the country’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in a bid to cut off Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund the war in Ukraine. The UK government is also pursuing a major Indian oil refinery and four Chinese oil terminals in a package of 90 new sanctions. The Russian […]
EU Eyes Sanctions on Russian Ruble-Backed Stablecoin A7A5
The move would prohibit EU-based individuals and companies from interacting with the token, either directly or via intermediaries. The European Union is weighing a fresh round of sanctions targeting A7A5, a ruble-backed stablecoin that has rapidly become the largest non-US-dollar pegged token in the world. The move would prohibit EU-based individuals and companies from interacting […]
UK sanctions Georgian businessmen, tankers over Russia links
The UK announced sanctions against two Georgian businessmen over their support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and two tankers carrying Russian oil. “The UK has announced new sanctions targeting Georgia-linked supporters of Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine,” the foreign ministry said, adding to the hundreds of sanctions it has announced against supporters of the war […]
Ukraine imposes sanctions against 83 individuals, 13 entities, including Russian propagandists
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a presidential decree on Sept. 20 imposing sanctions against 83 individual and 13 entities involved in disseminating Russian propaganda, as well as others involved with business operations in occupied Ukrainian territories. In his evening address, Zelensky said that he imposed three separate sanctions packages, which target citizens of Ukraine, Russia, […]
US lifts sanctions on Belavia
The United States has lifted sanctions on Belavia, Belarus’s national airline. The decision was announced by John Coel, the US President’s special envoy, during a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Coel stated, “I would like to officially announce here that sanctions against Belavia have been lifted. This decision has been approved and entered into […]
UK sanctions actors forcibly deporting, indoctrinating and militarising Ukrainian children
The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on eight Russian individuals and three organizations, accusing them of participating in the alleged forced relocation and ‘indoctrination’ of Ukrainian children. The new measures target a network of officials and state-backed groups that London claims are central to a systematic campaign to move children from occupied Ukrainian territories to what […]
14 Russians sanctioned for ‘enabling’ Ukraine war
Australia said they are imposing sanctions on 14 Russian citizens for their alleged involvement in the Ukraine war and “silencing” political expression in Russia. “The Australian Government is imposing further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against 14 individuals responsible for silencing political expression in Russia, as well as enabling the illegal and immoral invasion […]